MASTERCLASS #31

 

Hello all,

Walking down the street yesterday I found some bark from a gum tree lying on the ground. I picked up one piece and brought it home. It was one of those times when an arrangement almost makes itself. Placing the camellia branch took some effort but, by and large, it was an easy arrangement.

For the recent Masterclass, as before, I provided three different types of materials to each student and instructed them to use as much or as little as they wished.

Angie secured a rather heavy pine branch (pinus radiata) in a ceramic container and added two proteas. She took care to place the materials to the left, leaving clear space to the right of the container.                     

Vicky took time to remove all the leaves from her cotoneaster apiculatus branches and, with some effort, managed to secure the heavy branches slanting sideways. She added an Oriental lily with a bud, leaving a clear space on the left side of the rectangular container.

Bredenia also removed the leaves from her ficus obliqua Moraceae, leaving just the little figs. She used the hakea branches hanging downwards and placed the Oriental lilies to the back, in a tall, ceramic vase.

Lei had a large cotoneaster frigidus branch, which she trimmed heavily, revealing strong angles in the stem. She also reduced the leaves emphasizing the pendulous berries. The stem of the single protea followed the line of the cotoneaster stem.

Swann also had a large cotoneaster epiculatus branch, which she cut down and placed in a ceramic container, together with fig berries and Oriental lilies.

Lucy also reduced her cotoneaster stem and secured it in a ceramic container, which has a semi-circular shape. She used both of her Oriental lilies and only a small sprig from her large pine branch.

This week's camellia arrangement is in a bamboo basket and features, again, the kamo-hon-ami camellia. I also added some clivia berries to the back.

Bye for now,

Emily