Workshop with Setsuko Kennedy - theme 'Using two or more Containers'

August 16, 2022 Ikebana Wellington

Setsuko arranging in two vases of similar shape but different colours. She used chrysanthemums, stock and camellia leaves

Our August Sogetsu workshop was given by Sesuko Kennedy with the theme of ‘using two or more containers’ to make an arrangement. Setsuko suggested using various combinations of containers of the same shape or different shapes, or the same colour or different colours. Multiple placements of containers, such as placing them side by side, placing one in front of the other, or placing them diagonally can be tried. The focal point of this lesson was to achieve a composition with the combination of multiple containers. Some members experimented by arranging ‘composition of straight lines’ in one container and ‘composition of curved lines’ in another container, and placed the two containers of Ikebana in balance.

Setsuko arranging two vases of similar shape but different colours. She used chrysanthemums, stock and camellia leaves

Setsuko demonstrating

Setsuko arranged muelenbeckia, gerbera and leaves in two different containers

Setsuko arranged camellia with the leaves stripped off and placed into the lower vase

Sandi arranged two different sized containers and two varieties of camellia

Adrianna arranged two different sized and coloured containers with jonquils and camellia

Lyn arranged similar sized and coloured containers and jonquils and branches

Elizabeth arranged in stacked, different coloured containers with anemonies and reeds

Satomi arranged in two matching containers but of different sizes with pink gerbera, lily leaves and reeds

Yoko arranged a variety of leucodendrons and grapevines with two different coloured and shaped containers

Kathy arranged kowhai branches, yellow kakabeak and clivia leaves and berries in two very different containers

Julie arranged tecomanthe vine to match the swirls on the large vase with garden cymbidium orchids and fern in two dark brown different sized containers

Leonie arranged two oblong textured containers with spring flowers and garden orchids

Masako arranged in four identical champagne flutes, pine with pine cones and freesias

Misako arranged in three different shaped and coloured vases with flax and leucodredron

Kate arranged in two rustic vases with lily of the valley tree, freesias and rhododendron buds

Nicole arranged stock and flax in two identical vases

Lyn getting a certificate from Sandi her teacher

Workshop with Sandi on how to use fixings in containers that are difficult to use

July 10, 2022 Ikebana Wellington

Sandi used a nail to hold the lemonwood branches together in the wide-opening container

Our July workshop was led by Sandi Hurnard. She demonstrated using different fixings in several difficult-shaped containers. Fresh drop sticks and cross-bar materials were used and direct fixing using a hammer and nail were shown too. Sandi made her arrangements in difficult to use containers look easy.

Members did their arrangements in a variety of difficult to use containers - small or large openings, asymetrical shapes, openings long and thin, or patterns too dominant. A lot was learnt from Sandi’s demonstration.

Sandi using lichen-covered branch upside down to help fix her camellias

Sandiused an upsidedown branch to help fix the camellia flowers and foliage

Sandi used a nail to fix two lemonwood branches in a wide-opening container

Sandi arranged lilies with flax leaves and vine in a lovely triangular vase using a long kenzan and vine to help secure the material

Sandi balanced berry branches and flax leaves in a wide-opening vase

Lyn used kenzan in low, ceramic, joined, blue containers to fix bright yellow marigold flowers and foliage

Lyn's beautiful arrangement with the addition of snowdrops

Elizabeth used vine to fix camellias and foliage in a very old container that is difficult to use

Adriana used cross-bar fixings in a beautiful wide-opening vase with matching hellebores, wattle and camellia foliage

Kathy used a kenzan in a low opening vase to help arrange large camellia and chrysanthemum flowers and pussy willow branches

Julie used bare muehlenbeckia to help fix leucadendron and flax leaves in a difficult container to use

Helen balanced rose branches and nandina leaves in a difficult to use glass vase

A single rosebud amongst a lot of rosehips

Alyson used cross-bar fixings to arrange freesias and green flowers in a wide-opened beautiful container

Setsuko arranged yellow and white flowers and a variety of foliage in a beautiful triangular ceramic vase

Satomi arranged a variety of fresh and dried foliage in a highly decorated difficult to use container

Yoko used cross-bar fixing to help arrange camellia foliage with alstroemeria flowers in a wide-opening container

Masako arranged small-leaved branches and wattle flowers in a round, glass dish which provided an opening all round it for balancing material securely

Kate balanced a trimmed pine branch and added red camellia in a difficult to use pottery vase

Workshop using Unconventional Materials with Sandi, Elizabeth, Setsuko and Kate

May 18, 2022 Ikebana Wellington

Kate demonstrated unconventional materials of rusting metal, pieces of copper and copperwire with two persimmon

At our May meeting Sandi, Elizabeth, Setsuko and Kate demonstrated arrangements using unconventional materials. The teachers each talked about their composition and discussed why they chose the materials and the decisions they made.

Students working at Levels 1 and 2:
Chose a moribana style and replaced or added some of the materials with paper or plastic.
Students working at Levels 3 and 4: Book 4 Lesson 11 Using both fresh and Unconventional Materials.
Teachers: Book 5 Lesson 7 Composition Using Unconventional Materials.
A suitable leaf, flower, vegetable/fruit was added to some of their compositions.

Kate demonstrated using unconventional materials of plastic pipes joined with bamboo skewers

Elizabeth demonstrated using unconventional materials of a red box shaped perspex and wire netting

Elizabeth demonstrated using unconventional materials of a red box shaped perspex, wire netting and a clivia leaf

Setsuko demonstrated using unconventional materials of bent titanium pot holders, painted skewers and a paper wrapped box

Satomi demonstrated using unconventional materials of sorts of wires and a single nasturtium leaf in a blue glass vase

Sandi demonstrated using unconventional material of, bamboo, wood, paper and cosmos

Julie used unconventional material of strapping tape, milk bottletops, dried cabbage tree seedheads in a glass vase

Leonie used unconventional material of wire, paper, beads and a succulent

Lynne used unconventional material of a plastic tray, hydrangeas and branches

Kathy used unconventional materials of wooden lampshade, straws, medical masks and protea

Yoko used unconventional materials of straws, chenille sticks, camellia leaves, green paper base

Masako used unconventional, materials of wire, pegs, chopsticks, two leaves in a decorative box on a yellow base

Masako used unconventional materials of rocks, bamboo, seaweed and berries in a glass jug

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