Hello all,
At last class I set the theme of 'Green Plant Materials' for the advanced students. In this lesson we use only green materials and avoid any, very obvious variegations or coloured stems. We choose materials of different textures, sizes and forms to create interest.
In my arrangement, above, I used gymea leaves (dorianthus palmeri), dietes and alstroemeria psittacina leaves.
In her arrangement, below, Jenny used monstera deliciosa leaves, dietes leaves and the stems of umbrella grass in a ceramic container.
Lei used cypress, trimmed into a solid shape, much like a hedge, two strelitzia reginae leaves and aspidistra leaves in a container with two openings.
Cymbie's arrangement, below, is made up of a monstera leaf that was folded into itself, aspidistra leaves and umbrella grass.
Vicky used papyrus, which had been trimmed by possums into a rounded shape, a strelitzia reginae leaf and umbrella grass stems in a slate container made by her clever husband, Peter.
Nicole was quite quick with her arrangement, so was able to make a second one. In the first she used umbrella grass, dietes leaves and alstroemeria psittacina leaves....
.....In the second, she used umbrella grass, stems and flowers and New Zealand flax.
Mary's arrangement was 'kakebana', which is an arrangement in a container on the wall. She used red dogwood (cornus siberica alba) branches, dietes leaves and lisianthus flowers in a metal container.
A much loved tree this time of year is my Japanese flowering apricot (prunus mume), which flowers right smack in the middle of winter. I've been enjoying its delicate, fragrant blossoms in many ways. Below is one of them. The stem had an interesting shape to which I added the very first of my pink camellias. The container is one I made myself.
Bye for now,
Emily
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