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An arrangement by Setsuko highlighting branches of blossom
The Bonsai Convention 2026 was held in the Hutt Events Centre, Lower Hutt. Our Ikebana Wellington teachers and students exhibited their ikebana arrangements at the invitation of the Wellington Bonsai Club. These were exhibited in the Town Hall Foyer.
Helen explaining the importance of using materials that will last two to three days at the exhibition
Our October workshop was held on Sunday 4th October in the Khandallah Presbyterian Church Hall.
It was led by Sogetsu Teachers, Elizabeth, Setsuko and Helen with the theme from Book 5, lesson 25, Practising for a Future Ikebana Exhibition.
Members made an arrangement assuming that they were going to exhibit their work at the upcoming Bonsai Convention. Otherwise, they just considered some other place to display their work.
Our workshop was held on Sunday 13 at 2 - 4pm in the Khandallah Presbyterian Church Hall, 33 Ganges Road.
Theme: Arrangement to be Viewed from Above, Book 4, lesson 15. Setsuko provided the following notes:
“First of all, please make a composition by keeping in mind the view from above and being aware that the space between the arranged materials and the container looks shorter when you view the arrangement from above.
Please pay attention to how the water appears when you use a Suiban with a wide-open space. If you use a Nageire vase, the composition can look different from usual when viewed from above.
This lesson of paying special attention to the Space, the Quality of Light, and the environment is very important, especially when you prepare for the Exhibitions and Study groups.
Sofu says, “Flowers, vases, and floral forms cannot be set “as usual.” Above all, the rarity of the moment cannot be forgotten. If you are aware of it, then there will be many ways to express it”
