{"id":7028,"date":"2018-04-02T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T18:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2018-06-08T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T17:36:00","slug":"hotel-lobby-ikebana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/hotel-lobby-ikebana\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Lobby Ikebana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is what I tend to think of as Hotel Lobby Ikebana<\/em>. It’s big, bold, tropical, and symmetrical, and it wouldn’t feel out of place as you’re checking in to a nice resort. This isn’t a bad thing at all, it’s just where my mind immediately goes when I see this sort of arrangement.<\/p>\n

For this one, I challenged myself to work from a pre-assembled bouquet from the drugstore, of all things. Who knew you could get ginger flowers in that sort of a place? I love how sculptural and bright they are, and thought this red vase I found at the thrift store would balance them nicely.<\/p>\n

I tried to keep the balance and framing I learnt about in last month’s ikebana atelier in mind while I put this together, but still kept it more modern and free-form. I liked the idea of symmetry and like how the end result has a pleasant fan shape that also adds to the formal and dramatic feel of it.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait for the weather to start getting nicer so I can go back to using seasonal flowers from the garden and great outdoors, but for now I’m just glad I have access to interesting plant material.<\/p>\n

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