Ikebana is usually made of natural material: dry and fresh flowers, leaves, branches. It is very unusual to make ikebans from leaves of trees and vegetables (cabbage, parsley, celery). Unexpected and interesting will turn out ikebana, if you use autumn berries and fruits, planted on branches. From the article you will learn: the basic rules of drawing up ikebana and how to make an autumn ikebana with your own hands.
Rules for drawing up ikebana
When drawing up ikebana, it is necessary to remember that ikebana is not a bouquet, it does not tolerate splendor. The basis of ikebana is composed of three symbol elements: syn (sky), soe (human), hikae (earth).
Ikebana is built according to the following rules:
1. All elements are installed asymmetrically, forming a triangle, while the elements must be in different planes.
2. The vessel for ikebana should correspond to the plant material used, be monophonic and without a pattern. Rough pottery is suitable for heavy colors and large branches; Field flowers look good in faience or wooden vessels and in wicker baskets; for roses, tulips, carnations and lilies of the valley - glass or porcelain vases. In the role of "vase" you can use any objects you like.
3. The proportions of the three main elements are predetermined by the size of the vessel: the length of the stem of the first element - sky (syn) - is equal to the sum of the length of the diameter and the height of the vessel multiplied by 1.5.
4. The relation and arrangement of elements-symbols:
- man (soy) should be equal to 2/3 of the element of the sky (syn), and they are inclined in one direction;
- the branch of the earth element (hikae) should be 2/3 of the human length (soe) and be located in front or be slightly shifted in the opposite direction from the other two elements;
- all the elements are fixed in ikebana so that they appear to be the branches of one plant.
5. Branches in the vessel are always fixed in one of four points: right, left, front, rear. To do this, use a special device for fixing flowers - kenzan or piaflor (porous sponge), if they are not, then use plasticine or a plastic bag filled with expanded clay.
6. After the arrangement of the main elements, the space is filled with plant material of a second degree of significance.
Master-class: Ikebana "Autumn" with my own hands
It will take:
- 2 branches of the orchid cymbidium;
- twigs;
- a tall narrow vase 30 cm high;
- glass balls;
- secateurs, scissors.
- Fill the vase with half glass beads.
- As a hike, we take a strong branch of the cymbidium orchid, about 50 cm high, with a slight bend in the left side.
- We place hikae in the vase, so that the base of the stem touches the bottom of the vase, and tilt the branch to the left by 15 °.
- As a blue, we take a branch of an orchid with a stem almost 60 cm and also put it at an angle of 15 °, tilting it to the right side.
- Sprig "ting" put in the vase almost in parallel with the blue, and slightly tilt back to the left side, behind the hickae.
Ikebana "Autumn" is ready.
Master-class: Autumn Ikebana from the gifts of nature with their own hands
It will take:
- mini pumpkin;
- branched beautiful branch without leaves;
- rowan sprigs;
- cones;
- dried leaves;
- chestnuts;
- thermo-gun;
- shine for the leaves of houseplants.
- In the pumpkin, cut the bottom smoothly, and make a small hole to the top and, if possible, clean the pumpkin of the seeds.
- The cones are glued to the ends of the branches of the main branch by a thermo-pistol;
- In the pumpkin we insert and fix the main branch, and decorate the upper hole of the pumpkin with branches of mountain ash.
- We paste dried leaves and small branches of mountain ash in several places on the main branch.
- To make the freshness of the composition, we work with glitter for indoor plants.
- To create completeness of the composition on the table, we lay out a carpet of leaves and chestnuts, and on top put our ikebana. Our autumn ikebana is ready.
Drawing up ikebana is an art that needs to be studied in Japan for a long time. Try, experiment and you will necessarily succeed.
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