Workshop using Unconventional Materials with Sandi, Elizabeth, Setsuko and Kate

At our May meeting Sandi, Elizabeth, Setsuko and Kate demonstrated arrangements using unconventional materials. The teachers each talked about their composition and discussed why they chose the materials and the decisions they made.

Students working at Levels 1 and 2:
Chose a moribana style and replaced or added some of the materials with paper or plastic.
Students working at Levels 3 and 4: Book 4 Lesson 11 Using both fresh and Unconventional Materials.
Teachers: Book 5 Lesson 7 Composition Using Unconventional Materials.
A suitable leaf, flower, vegetable/fruit was added to some of their compositions.

Kate demonstrated using unconventional materials of plastic pipes joined with bamboo skewers

Elizabeth demonstrated using unconventional materials of a red box shaped perspex and wire netting

Elizabeth demonstrated using unconventional materials of a red box shaped perspex, wire netting and a clivia leaf

Setsuko demonstrated using unconventional materials of bent titanium pot holders, painted skewers and a paper wrapped box

Satomi demonstrated using unconventional materials of sorts of wires and a single nasturtium leaf in a blue glass vase

Sandi demonstrated using unconventional material of, bamboo, wood, paper and cosmos

Julie used unconventional material of strapping tape, milk bottletops, dried cabbage tree seedheads in a glass vase

Leonie used unconventional material of wire, paper, beads and a succulent

Lynne used unconventional material of a plastic tray, hydrangeas and branches

Kathy used unconventional materials of wooden lampshade, straws, medical masks and protea

Yoko used unconventional materials of straws, chenille sticks, camellia leaves, green paper base

Masako used unconventional, materials of wire, pegs, chopsticks, two leaves in a decorative box on a yellow base

Masako used unconventional materials of rocks, bamboo, seaweed and berries in a glass jug

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