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| Stachyurus chinencis and camellias in self made container |
For our regular class on Wednesday I asked the advanced students to bring materials for a freestyle arrangement of their choice. However, when they arrived and took their places in the studio, I asked them to move one place down, thus having to work with another colleague's materials and container.
Wendy's curriculum theme was 'narcissus' from Book 5. In this lesson we take apart the leaves and flowers from the bulb and rearrange them with the flowers positioned lower than the leaves. We then create an arrangement with them. Wendy did so with several bulbs and, then, added spiraea thunbergii to complete it.
Nicole, completely out of her comfort zone, was faced with a large magnolia soulangeana branch which required mechanics to secure it in the container. After trimming, she used a horizontal fixture in this large and stable container. She added sprigs of thriptomene to complete the arrangement. The materials came from Jenny.
Jenny took Lei's materials - dried branches and Asiatic lilies. She secured the branches over the container then placed the lilies strategically.
Ironically, Lucy, who had brought in very big materials, was faced with vases and materials for miniature arrangements, provided by Nicole. She said she enjoyed making the miniatures and likened it to playing.
Lei's material was provided by Vicky. They were large, lichen covered branches, Oriental lilies in bud and nandina domestica nana. The container was a heavy, tall one made of reconstituted stone. Lei drilled holes in the branches and used a dowel to join them.
Lucy's large materials and container went to Vicky, who tends to make tall arrangements, so this was right up her ally. There were two, wooden triangles but Vicky used only one. The gymea leaves were very tall, as was the strelitzia stem, which had to be cut down for the arrangement.
I provided the materials and container for Cymbie. They were stachyurus, jonquils and alstroemeria psittacina leaves. The container has a split down the middle.
And, as a nod to spring, I leave you with this arrangement of camellias and Japanese flowering quince.
Bye for now,
Emily
