azalea, CHERRY, Hellebore
MARCH
Azalea (Rhododendron - variety unknown)
Winter-flowering cherry (Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis')
Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis 'Anemone Picotee', Helleborus x hybridus 'Harvington Red', Helleborus x hybridus 'Harvington Double Purple')
Tenmoku urn by Cara Guthrie
Chicken wire
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.
