The title of my post today came to me very quickly as I tried to arrange my flowers in Ingrid Atkinson's ceramic vase. A tangle. Trying to separate out each stem from another was a nightmare! The miniature seed heads of the water plantain kept snagging on the tiny leaves of the fumitory and flowers of rosebay willow herb. When I come to clear them away I think the whole lot will lift out of the vase in one big tangle!
I love this airy, see through arrangement, and the lighting is perfect. The minimalist vase is just perfect too.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I do love airy flower arrangements, room for the flowers to breathe! I rigged up a spot to photograph them while trying to chat to my eight year old granddaughter in Australia on FaceTime! I saw the sunlight shining through into the hall and quickly grabbed a stool and table napkin and clicked away while trying to explain to my granddaughter what I was doing! I think she thought I was slightly bonkers!! A
DeleteWell it's a most pretty and natural tangle Amanda. I always rosebay willow herb when it sneaks into my allotment but have to get rid of it quickly as plot neighbours wouldn't be impressed if I let it linger. The vase looks almost unreal.
ReplyDeleteI love rosebay willow herb too. We have it growing outside out sitting room window, in a narrow bed along the lane and I just know our neighbours next door are unimpressed, especially when the seed pods burst open! I must go and yank it all out again, but it will be back next year! Some things in life you can be sure of! A
DeleteThis is gorgeous. The container is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susie!! A
DeleteSuch tangles are a nightmare - the grass Briza maxima is norious for that! The overall effect of your tangle is delightful though and I love the idea that the contents are all native wildflowers - then the vase itself, which is gorgeous! What a great concept, and that one close-up shot shot suggests exactly how the design came about
ReplyDeleteThank you Cathy! I have enjoyed the vase over the past two or three days. The flowers won't last long but I suppose their magic is in their transitory-ness! If that's a word! A
DeleteI like it, delicate textures and flowers accented with light and color, neat vase, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! The vase is a bit special. Made a very long time ago by a friend in the south of England who is/was a ceramicist. We haven't seen her for many years but I do have two or three pieces of her lovely work! A
DeleteWild and free! Love the vase, too. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Eliza! Wild and free sounds good doesn't it! Wild flowers just win my vote every time! A
DeleteIt may be a tangle but it's a lovely one! I SO wish I could grow fumitory. I have similar problems with Gomphrena 'Itsy Bitsy' - she tangles herself up even before she's cut.
ReplyDeleteFumitory grows wild all over the place here! It's a curious flower. So dainty and quite unlike anything else! I love it! A
DeleteI love it! This is how I like my plants to grow... entwined but not suffocating each other. ��
ReplyDeleteExactly! Me too! I think they enjoy each other's company, meandering through, around, and popping up somewhere else! Mutual respect!
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