Design Resource
Ikebana Craft - Ernakulum, Kerala
Art of Arranging Flowers
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Tools and Raw Materials
The tools that are required for Ikebana craft are –
• Pair of Scissors: Pair of scissors are used to trim the leaves and flowers’ stems.
• Packing Tape: Packing tapes are used to stick the wrappings over the flowers in plastic paper.
• Flower Wrapper/Plain Polythene Sheets: They are used to cover the flowers and keep them together.
• Containers: Different sized vases are used to hold the flowers together.
• Shallow Vessel: To get the flat arrangement of the flowers.
• Threads: To tie and hold flowers and stems together.
• Floral Foam: It is the base to attach flowers, leaves, stems and attractive beads.
• Flowers: They are the main ornamental element.
• Glue: To stick stems and flowers to the foam.
• Plant materials: Plant materials of three different lengths.
• Coconut Broom sticks: It is used to attach flowers to increase the lengths of stems and flowers are used to cover the flowers and keep them together.
