This is a bit free-style in that I chose to make the Shin (tallest) and Soe (medium) the blooms, and the Hikai (shortest) is the rosemary branches. The others in the class did the rosemary as the taller pieces. I'd run out of raw materials and had to do it this way. Overall, I think it works.
This is my first nageire (vertical) style, that being in the tall container. The teacher says that the wide mouth makes it difficult to do, but this container is made of plastic so it doesn't break easily and is light enough to take on my bike. Still gotta get a narrow mouth container for my vertical Ikebanas. Seems like the hikai component (the blooms) need to stick out a little more forcefully. They feel like they're falling into the container here.
