Eleven days ago, on 24th August, I attended the evening reception and online demonstration held in celebration of the Queensland Branch of the Sogetsu School's 60th anniversary.
The Art Gallery of Queensland is privileged to hold this large bronze-sheathed wooden sculpture by Sofu Teshigahara, the founder of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana. The sculpture was especially placed on display in recognition of the 60th celebration. It was placed next to the current week's ikebana arrangement made by a Queensland Sogetsu Branch member. A fresh ikebana arrangement placed in the Gallery has been the weekly practice of Queensland Branch for almost 30 years.
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The ikebana arrangement for the week of the anniversary was created by Robyn Cuming using Anthurium flowers and leaves which rise above dried Mitsumata Edgeworthia chrysantha branch stems from a footed, trough-shaped vessel.
On the evening of 24th August a live on-line demonstration, from Sogetsu Headquarters in Tokyo, was screened in the theatre of the adjacent Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA).
This ikebana was created in QAGOMA by the Queensland Sogetsu Branch Director, Wendy Hoskin, using Tortuous Willow, Anthurium flowers and a single variegated New Zealand Flax leaf.
The above ikebana, also in the QAGOMA foyer space, was made by senior teacher Pat Mackie. She has used dried Mitsumata branches, orchids and other unidentified materials.
In the theatre, on the stage below the screen, was set a large ikebana installation. The materials used were natural and coloured bamboo, bleached Fan Palm and Monstera leaves. It was created by a team including: Vernisher Wooh, Christine Wyer, Ikuko Okada, Tomomi Tanowaki, Christine Chen, Masako Morrison, Samantha Wooh and Chiu Lan.
A photo of one of the arrangement from the online demonstration by the Master Instructor Sozan Nakamura can be seen on this link. I would encourage you to explore Mr Nakamura's Instagram to see the wide range of his ikebana expression.
The celebration presented an opportunity for four of the five current Australian Sogetsu Branch Directors to meet face to face for the first time.
L - R Christopher James (me, Victoria), Wendy Hoskin (Queensland), Ray Bywaters (South Australia), Hiroko Prado (New South Wales).
On a completely domestic scale...
...I made this ikebana recently for an elderly ikebana friend using five Dietes leaves and a bunch of Chrysanthemums.
This photo was taken with a mobile phone camera and some others above are screenshots and therefore may be a bit grainy.
3rd September 2023
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