Flower arrangement art popular in Japan for many centuries - ikebana - is very symbolic. Ikebana compositions use a minimal amount of color and emphasize simple, bright lines. It takes years of study and practice to learn all the intricacies of this art, but absolutely anyone can learn a few basic steps to create a beautiful Japanese-style floral arrangement.
It is necessary
- - flowers;
- - a small vase or bowl;
- - floral sponge or kenzan;
- - branches of three different lengths;
- - secateurs.
Instructions
Step 1
To make a bouquet, take a small vase or bowl with simple lines and no decor. Install a floral sponge or kenzan (a special device with needles for fixing the stems) into it. Fill the container halfway with water.
Step 2
Use a wide variety of plants and flowers. Instead of the traditional plants that are used to compose ikebana in Japan (chrysanthemums, sakura twigs, etc.), you can take those that you have at hand. Garden and wildflowers are also suitable, even flowering, indoor plants. Compositions with fruits look interesting and unexpected.
Step 3
Start with a long branch or flower. The first stem symbolizes the sky (sin). Its value is determined based on the sum of the height and diameter of the vessel, multiplied by 1, 5. Place the flower in the sponge and slightly tilt to the left.
Step 4
Insert the branch straight between the kenzan needles and then gently deflect it. If the stem is hollow, then you can put a piece of cotton wool inside.
Step 5
Instead of a floral sponge or kenzan, you can use a piece of plasticine, in which it is quite easy to fix the stems, you just need to make holes in it in advance.
Step 6
Stick a second flower into the kenzan, the stem of which is 2/3 of the first element, and tilt it in the same direction as the shin. It symbolizes a person (soe).
Step 7
The third branch, hikae (2/3 of the length of the soe), represents the earth. Place it in front, in the opposite direction from "sin" and "soe". Step back a little and look at the composition, it should feel like there is a branch of one plant in the vessel. Cut off any excess.
Step 8
Decorate the free space between the stems with small branches of greenery or flowers. But always adhere to the basic rule: in ikebana "less is more"
