Ikebana with their own hands - what is it and how to do it correctly (72 photos)

Ikebana is an ancient Japanese art of composition of exquisite or simple in appearance bouquets - it becomes one of the most amazing ways to spend your free time usefully and to master a completely new type of handicraft.

Ikebana made of natural or artificial flowers will perfectly decorate any room, will be a unique gift, a source of comfort and warmth at home. Vintage art will not require a lot of expenses and will help to enjoy the unrestricted creativity with the benefit for the soul and body.

Content

1. Composing Precepts
2. Basic rules
3. Materials
4. Vases
5. Making an ikebana
   • 1. autumnal
   • 2. Winter
   • 3. Spring

Composition rules

A Japanese bouquet is often an unusual composition for the Russian eyes. Its main rule will be to carry a certain meaning and wishes of the maker. In this case, the making of ikebana should be based on several pillars of this ancient art:

• Only beautiful flowers will not provide the desired result. Much more important will be the correct placement and arrangement of the elements of the bouquet among themselves.
• The number of elements also will not determine the success of the ikebana. A single flower or branch can embody all the greatness of nature and make you admire the creation for a long time, finding new facets of charm and grace of carefully selected components. In this case, for the art of composing an ikebana, the evenness or unfairness of its components does not play a role at all.
• The bouquet necessarily corresponds to the calendar season or event for which it is made.
• "Eyes fear and hands make," this Russian proverb perfectly captures the essence of the art of making unusual compositions. But Japanese masters urge not only not to be afraid of the future fruits of their labor, but also to prepare before starting the creation, to find calmness and a good mood. It is this mindset that will help create a wondrous-wonderful, miracle-wonderful.

Basic rules

A simple set of rules will help you quickly master the delicate art of flower arranging. It includes several key points:

• Centerpiece. Spring or autumn ikebana with their own hands for children (as well as other compositions) should have its own center, a place that is given to only one plant, leaf, twig.
• Dynamism of the arrangement. A Japanese bouquet should give an impression of an absolutely living organism. It should not have the rigor of the usual Russian bouquets. On the contrary, all the elements try to place at an angle to each other, the vessel, the surface where the vase will be installed. The great love of masters enjoy unusually curved elements, allowing fuller convey the emotions of the creator of the graceful creation.
• Asymmetry. Apart from the center in the ikebana there should be no regular lines, artificial and pretentious forms. The Japanese art is designed to combine in a bouquet pieces of nature (sky - shin, earth - hikae) and human - soe, which is part of this world. Ideally, the bouquet makers strive to get three planes that form an irregular triangle.

Before starting to create a composition they choose a specific place or a specific recipient. And that is another difference from traditional bouquets, which can be presented to all without much consideration.

Materials

Traditional ikebana is based on the use of living plants. That's how the word translates from the language of the first compilers of exquisite bouquets.

But today other elements are no less beautiful:

• dried flowers or simply dried flowers;
• The roots and branches of trees and shrubs;
• Stones and shells;
• seeds;
• Decorative elements made of glass, plastic, metal.

Properly selected hand-made ikebana out of artificial flowers can Take a worthy place among bouquets of rapidly crumbling petals of real buds.

The branches in the vessel are usually fixed at one of four points. It can be located in the foreground or background, left of center or right.

The largest components of the bouquet are established first, then determine a place for the smaller elements, and the remaining gaps are filled with moss, paper, cones and other materials.

Vases

By the word "vase" the Japanese mean any vessel. The only requirement for it would be harmony with the composition being made.

The vases used are:

• wooden, porcelain, faience vessels:
• wicker baskets;
• rough pottery;
• A light glass vase.

When selecting a vessel, special attention is paid to the stability of the composition in the container. For low vessels, the bottom is often lined with kezan: a metal surface with protruding needles. This will help the bouquet to stay in its aligned place and not fall apart.

Composing the ikebana

Before starting the creation, it is necessary to think carefully about the composition and appearance of the future handicraft.

For craftswomen who have been engaged in this kind of fascinating creativity for quite a long time, this will not be difficult.

For beginners, you can try to compose a bouquet, using small hints.

Autumn Ikebana

Such a bouquet will be the easiest to make: the abundance of vegetables and flowers at this time of year will help to choose the most prosaic items and make amazing compositions out of them.

Most often used for autumn ikebana:

• a small pumpkin;
• A strongly branched branch devoid of leaf cloak;
• cones;
• branches of rowan trees.

From the pumpkin a vessel is made. To do this, evenly cut off the bottom, so that the future vase is stable and does not sway. Glue cones on the branch and place it in the pumpkin. The branches of rowan trees decorate the bottom of the former trunk. Some dried leaves and rowan bunches are glued to the pumpkin.

For fans of minimalism, you can use just one bright leaf and a cone (chestnut, walnut, small vegetable or fruit), wire and any base.

Winter Ikebana

An excellent decoration of the holiday table or a replacement for the traditional Christmas tree will be a winter ikebana.

The simplest bouquet can be made from pine branches and halves of citrus fruits. Unusually complement the composition with a Christmas tree ball or holiday candle.

For those who are not ready to watch ripe oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and lemons dry out, you can make a stylish Christmas decoration from the skins of fragrant fruits. To do this, they are carefully removed with a sharp knife and arranged in the form of roses on the pine legs.

Coffee lovers can make an ikebana from grains of their favorite beverage and orange slices.

Spring Ikebana

There are still not enough flowers in spring, and they are quite expensive. Therefore, a charming bouquet can be made from paper flowers, and twigs can be found in the yard or in the park at any time of the year.

A good way to create a spring mood would be a ikebana of citrus peels, lavender sprigs, cones. Such a composition will also improve immunity and calm nerves after winter stress.

Ikebana will help to decorate your home originally and create an exquisite miracle with your own hands. To believe in your abilities, it is enough to look at the photos of these bouquets and realize that everything is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.

Photo ideas of beautiful homemade ikebans