Programs for 2022 

February 22

"Using Obi "

ZOOM Presentation Video

Presented by: Laura Felt - Ikenobo School 

                                  Obi from collection of Laura Felt

Laura lived in Japan in the eighties and has gone back to visit nearly every year since she returned to the US. She has collected many Japanese items, including furniture, textiles, pottery and many obi since leaving Japan and her numerous return trips.

March 22

"The Art of Kokedama "

Presented by: Jean Storck - Sogetsu School

Kokedama is a form of Japanese garden art comprised of moss, soil, string and living plants formed into a ball.  It is thought to have been associated with the ancient art of Japanese Bonsai.  Koke means moss and dama is ball in Japanese.  Moss is special to the Japanese.  Moss represents the concepts of beauty, simplicity, humility and refinement, as well as the aesthetics of wabi and sabi, transience and imperfection.   It is believed that moss invited itself into gardens, and around the 14^thcentury, some Zen Buddhist monks recognized the serenity it gave to the garden and gave value to its presence.

Kokedamas are a fun and unusual way of having plants around the house.  They are easy to make and can be fun for the whole family.  These moss balls can be placed in trays or suspended from a string or wire.  The demonstration will show an easy and minimally messy way of making these moss balls. The roots of small plants are first covered with a mud ball, which is then wrapped with moss and tied with string.    

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After demonstrating how to make a kokedama, participants will make their own to take home to enjoy.  All materials to make these balls will be provided.  Fee: $15.

April 26

"Bonsai - The Only Living Art Form"

Presented by: Peggy Snow - Ikenobo School

                                       Bonsai by Peggy Snow

Peggy Snow has been growing bonsai for about 30 years and has won awards at the national level. For this program, she will bring a number of her bonsai trees and teach us the process of creating and growing living art.

May 24

"Using Bamboo in Ichiyo Arrangements"

Presented by: Patti Quinn Hill and Carol Stangler - Ichiyo School  

                                 Arrangement by Patti Quinn Hill

Patti Quinn Hill, Ichiyo Master, will create arrangements demonstrating how to use lengths of bamboo in creating Ichiyo arrangements.

Carol Stangler, bamboo artist, will demonstrate how to use a Japanese razor saw to cut three to five lengths, and how to clean the surface with steel wool and oil, which will make the bamboo shine.  

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Fee:  $10 to be donated to the chapter

Students will then choose, cut, and polish their furnished bamboo pieces, and then make arrangements. 

Bring: container & flower materials; garden gloves for handling bamboo; clippers for cutting branches; plastic gloves for using steel wool; rag to wipe off oil; pencil or marker.

June 28

"Sogetsu Arrangements Complementing Sumi-e Art "

Presented by: Kay Storck - Sogetsu School

                            Arrangements and paintings by Kay Storck 

Both ikebana and sumi-e are Japanese art forms that are visually appealing and spiritually inspiring. Kay Storck will demonstrate how to create ikebana that will complement and incorporate art work into becoming an integral part of an arrangement. She will use two of her sumi-e paintings - one traditional and one abstract - as a source of new and creative ideas.

July 26

"Here and There"

Presented by:  Susan Thorpe - Ohara School

                               Arrangement by Susan Thorpe

Since I live in Florida, I think it will be fun to make arrangement using materials and containers from North Carolina and Florida. My containers are mostly Japanese from the Ohara School. I will use them along with some small pottery pieces.

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August 16

Asheville Country Club - Ginza and Luncheon

"What is Sogetsu School Free Style?"

Presented by: Susan Cano - Sogetsu School

Click Here: Registration Form for Luncheon

In the Sogetsu School, beginning students learn how one basic style can be made into many variations only with slight changes to create different shapes and space. Then, by practicing themes to make compositions using materials with full awareness of Line, Color and Mass, inner creativity opens to free expression.  Susan will combine themes in her compositions.  

August 17

Sogetsu Workshops with Susan Cano

Click Here: Registration for Workshops   Workshops are for members only

Workshop #1 - 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

"Horizontal Composition (Moribana/Nageire)"  OR "Vertical Composition (Moribana/Nageire)

                                  Arrangements by Susan Cano

Workshop #2 - 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

"One Kind of Material"

September 27

"Shoka Shimputai:  Contemporary Shoka Style from the Ikebobo School"            

Presented by: Dede Walton and Candy Gallaher - Ikenobo School  

     Arrangement by Peggy Snow                        Arrangement by Laura Felt

This program on Shoka Shimputai, the contemporary Shoka style from the Ikenobo School, will demonstrate the fun and challenges of selecting the appropriate plant materials and arranging them so that their beauty is enhanced.  Our program will emphasize the importance of selecting three or less plant materials and combining them in a manner which strengthens each material and creates a dynamic arrangement highlighting color, shape, texture, extension of leaves, and movement of stems.  Harmony is created through variation and contrast.

October 25

"Arrangements for the Tokonoma"

Presented by: Lynn Forbes, Patti Quinn Hill, Nancy Gettys, Norma Bradley, Suzanne Dillingham, and Sue Grier - Ichiyo School

                                   Arrangement by Patti Quinn Hill 

                                   Arrangement by Norma Bradley

Each Ichiyo demonstrator will first present their arrangement displayed in a 3-panel mock "tokonoma" with a 2-dimentional art image attached to represent a painted scroll, calligraphy or other chosen art.  They will explain their material choices and the relation between their ikebana and the image and remark on where ikebana is displayed in their own homes.  Following the presentation, workshop participants will prepare their own totonoma arrangement. Teachers will be available to critique.

Historically, in traditional Japanese homes ikebana was placed in the tokonoma, a small alcove with a slightly raised floor.  The literal translation of tokonoma is "place of honor".  It might be considered to be the highest level of display because it separates art from the active daily living of family life and gives it a place to be viewed without any distractions.  Traditionally, nageire style arrangements are simple and natural using nageire containers or baskets, and are in the best of taste.  Today's ikebana arrnagements may be free style following classical traditions.

Workshop

Cost $10.00 as a donation to our I. I. Chapter

Note:  Please bring a folded backdrop and a picture of your chosen art to attach with masking tape to your tokomoma display space as well as your containers and floral materials.  The internet is a good place to search and print possible art to be used.  Loaner display boards (limited number available) will be provided for your conveninece if you need to borrow one.  Contact pattiquinnhill@gmail.com.  They can be purchased at Staples.  The foam type is recommended and not cardboard.

We do not meet the months of November, December or January