Sogetsu ikebana

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One of the most natural, aesthetic, simple, and pleasing floral arrangements, ikebana focuses on the harmony between the elements and their connection with nature. It comprises beautiful flower arrangements and is characterized by the principles of minimalism, simplicity, asymmetry, structure, shape, line, peace, nature, humanity, form, and aesthetics.

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Moribana with white chrysanthemum and tulip magnolia

Chisato motoi on the visual principles of sogetsu ikebana

In spite of the cold wintery weather 27 members of the Chapter and 3 visitors attended the Saturday afternoon workshop on 13th July. The leader of the workshop was Chieko Yazaki, the head of the Shogetsudokoryu School in Melbourne. The theme she chose was arrangements using Aspidistra leaves. These leaves are the traditional material used in classical Seika arrangements which are the signature style of the Shogetsudokoryu School. Chieko demonstrated the basic Seika style with five leaves and…

On Monday evening last, my colleague Helen Quarrell and I conducted a demonstration for the Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens. (If you scroll down the right hand side of their facebook page there are some photos of our demonstration.) This event was in conjunction with the month long combined exhibition of Botanical Art and Ikebana at the Wintergarden Gallery in Geelong. We were privileged to gather materials from the garden for the eight works we made for the demonstration. The photos…

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This week I gave some of my students the Sogetsu curriculum exercise of making an arrangement using 'Fresh and Unconventional Material'. Unconventional in this context means anything other than fresh, dried or coloured botanical materials. It includes man-made synthetic materials, processed botanical materials or other inorganic materials. The Sogetsu curriculum has a number of exercises in which the student is required to use man-made objects in ways for which they were not necessarily…