azalea, CHERRY, Hellebore
Flowering branches and Lenten rose in a vase with tenmoku glaze
MARCH
INGREDIENTS
Rhododendron (azalea) - variety unknown
Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis' (winter-flowering cherry)
Helleborus orientalis 'Anemone Picotee' (Lenten rose)
Helleborus x hybridus 'Harvington Red' (Lenten rose)
Helleborus x hybridus 'Harvington Double Purple' (Lenten rose)
VASE
Tenmoku urn by Cara Guthrie
Chicken wire
NOTES
An asymmetric shape, slightly wider than it is tall. I edited the branches out quite a bit to provide avenues of negative space between them. The sculptural twigginess suits a restrained selection of accommpanying flowers so I kept it to just three varieties of hellebore, grouping the colours - plum, ivory streaked with blackcurrant and almost-black. The hellebores have a velvety, matte quality to them - I think this dustiness contrasts well with the slick gloss of the vase. The ‘tenmoku’ glaze has a high content of iron oxide and is reduction fired.