As I noted last week, the Victorian Branch of the Sogetsu School Annual Exhibition is being held at the City of Whitehorse Artspace Gallery. It was opened yesterday and photos will appear on the Sogetsu Victorian Branch Instagram account soon.
I participated in the exhibition and along with some of my colleagues had the privilege of using one of the vessels from the City of Whitehorse ceramics collection.
For the exhibition I chose an interesting ceramic vessel by the Victorian ceramicist Garry Bish. His work is highly refined. The design incorporates optical illusion effects that distort perception of the vessel’s surface, which seems to in some places to recede or project forward. The surface of the vessel is also covered with over printed letters spelling “Caged Space”, to which my ikebana makes reference. I created an irregular 'cage' using black bamboo that I doweled together using kitchen skewers. I was interested in making a sculptural structure that responded to the vessel but which it did not actually touch. The fresh materials are two Coastal Sword sedge Lepidosperma gladiatum, leaves and a stem of Crucifix orchids Epidendrum radicans.
Sorry this is late and brief. Hopefully more next week.
Greetings from Christopher
27th October 2024
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