Workshop with Sandi on how to use fixings in containers that are difficult to use

Our July workshop was led by Sandi Hurnard. She demonstrated using different fixings in several difficult-shaped containers. Fresh drop sticks and cross-bar materials were used and direct fixing using a hammer and nail were shown too. Sandi made her arrangements in difficult to use containers look easy.

Members did their arrangements in a variety of difficult to use containers - small or large openings, asymetrical shapes, openings long and thin, or patterns too dominant. A lot was learnt from Sandi’s demonstration.

Sandi using lichen-covered branch upside down to help fix her camellias

Sandiused an upsidedown branch to help fix the camellia flowers and foliage

Sandi used a nail to fix two lemonwood branches in a wide-opening container

Sandi arranged lilies with flax leaves and vine in a lovely triangular vase using a long kenzan and vine to help secure the material

Sandi balanced berry branches and flax leaves in a wide-opening vase

Lyn used kenzan in low, ceramic, joined, blue containers to fix bright yellow marigold flowers and foliage

Lyn's beautiful arrangement with the addition of snowdrops

Elizabeth used vine to fix camellias and foliage in a very old container that is difficult to use

Adriana used cross-bar fixings in a beautiful wide-opening vase with matching hellebores, wattle and camellia foliage

Kathy used a kenzan in a low opening vase to help arrange large camellia and chrysanthemum flowers and pussy willow branches

Julie used bare muehlenbeckia to help fix leucadendron and flax leaves in a difficult container to use

Helen balanced rose branches and nandina leaves in a difficult to use glass vase

A single rosebud amongst a lot of rosehips

Alyson used cross-bar fixings to arrange freesias and green flowers in a wide-opened beautiful container

Setsuko arranged yellow and white flowers and a variety of foliage in a beautiful triangular ceramic vase

Satomi arranged a variety of fresh and dried foliage in a highly decorated difficult to use container

Yoko used cross-bar fixing to help arrange camellia foliage with alstroemeria flowers in a wide-opening container

Masako arranged small-leaved branches and wattle flowers in a round, glass dish which provided an opening all round it for balancing material securely

Kate balanced a trimmed pine branch and added red camellia in a difficult to use pottery vase

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