Our September workshop was held on Sunday 14th September in the Khandallah Presbyterian Church Hall. Kate demonstrated how to use bamboo in our arrangements and brought bamboo for us to use. She provided the following notes about Bamboo:
“It was the Third Iemoto Hiroshi Teshigahara who brought bamboo to the fore in Sogetsu Ikebana. He created large-scale works of undulating and bending bamboo which included straight and curved lines. The current Iemoto Akane Teshigahara has continued to present large scale bamboo works often incorporating branches and flowering material.
In this workshop we will work on a much smaller scale. We will experiment and play with bamboo to discover ways to use it in our ikebana. I will bring a variety of pieces of bamboo some cut and some for you to cut or shape yourself. Please bring some branch and flower material along with some wire. You may like to bring 1-2 containers as your ikebana will be dependent on the bamboo pieces you decide to use.”
