I.I. Melbourne

I.I. Melbourne

Saturday 17 February 2024

FEBRUARY MEETING. VALE ROSEMARY FARRELLY

 

The first meeting of this year was held on Saturday 10th February and attended by 26 members.
 

The guest speaker was Naoko Goghlan, a Japanese born and trained potter. Naoko gave a brief historical overview of the evolution of pottery in Japan dating back to the Jomon Period 14,000 - 300 BCE. She showed a video of herself preparing clay and then throwing a vessel on a wheel. She also spoke about her own work showing some of her signature forms and glazes she has developed, (seen in the photo above). Naoko also spoke about the classes she conducts in her Eltham studio. 

Following Naoko's presentation, an ikebana demonstration was given by Sogetsu teacher, Emily Karanikolopoulos. She arranged ikebana in vases that she had made herself some years ago.


This first ikebana was insitu when members arrived, a "Welcoming Flower" ikebana near the hall entrance.


This vessel was inspired by pottery created by Hiroshi Teshigahara, the third Iemoto of the Sogetsu School. One branch with an apple still attached and a single Hydrangea head.


This vessel is triangular but shown side-on. A variegated New Zealand Flax leaf and a single sunflower.


An unusual bottle-shaped vessel with a painted structure made from chopsticks. Two stems of Crucifix orchid and a single leaf of New Zealand Flax.

The following images are of ikebana made by the members present.


Jacqueline Boyce



Chieko Yazaki



Karen Thode



Thea Sartori



Swann Lam



Margaret Leung



Christopher James



Akemi Suzuki



Julie Ireland


Lucy Papas




Rosemary Hordern



Sally Wilkinson. In memory of Rosemary Farrelly, a long standing Ohara teacher and member of the Melbourne Chapter. Rosemary died peacefully at home at the age of 97 on 24th January.


Tuesday 19 December 2023

NOVEMBER MEETING

 


The final meeting of the Chapter for 2023 was held on the 14th November and attended by 29 members and two visitors. We were also pleased to welcome 
our patron Mrs Shimada, the wife of the Consul General of Japan.


The guest speaker was Dr Miriam Ford the President of the Australian Plants Society Victoria.

Dr Ford gave a highly informative presentation about Australian native plants and the specialist nurseries that grow them as well as some florists that stock them. She also recommended visiting the Cranbourne, Melton and Kawara (Kalorama) Botanical Gardens, as well as the Marilyn Sprague garden (Manangatan) and the Philip Johnson garden in (Olinda). The latter two being private gardens.  Her presentation also covered vulnerable and endangered species.

The demonstration at the meeting...


...was given by Akemi Suzuki, a Sogetsu teacher, who made two arrangements using some Australian native materials.


The native material featured in her first ikebana was some branches of Eucalyptus. To these she added two exotic, pink Anthuriums.


Her second ikebana featured long branches of Geraldton Wax flower which comes from Western Australia. To this material she added a central focus of Peony buds.

Below are ikebana arrangements made by some members at the meeting.


Betty Karanikolopoulos



Chieko Yazaki



Emily Karanikolopoulos



Helen Marriot



Jenny Loo



Karen Thode



Lara Telford



Lucy Papas



Margaret Leung



Thea Sartori. 


Sorry, Ikebanist not identified.  (Ed.)


Saturday 19 August 2023

Annual General Meeting


On Tuesday Ikebana International Melbourne, Chapter 29 held its AGM which was attended by 35 members. Also in attendance  was Mrs Shimada, who with her husband, the Consul-General of Japan in Victoria, is Co-patron of the Chapter. At the meeting some new members were elected to committee.

As is the custom, the Heads of the five Ikebana Schools in Melbourne presented a demonstration of their ikebana. The demonstrators worked concurrently and later spoke about their ikebana. Below are photos of the Heads of Schools and their completed ikebana.



Felicia Huang, Ohara School.


Felicia's completed two vessel ikebana.


Naomi Cullen, Ichiyo School.
 

Naomi's ikebana.

Chieko Yazaki, Head of Shogetsudo koryu.

Chieko's modern interpretation of the Seika style.


Yuko Braun, Ikenobo School.

Yukako's Rikka Shimputai.


Christopher James, Sogetsu School.


Christopher's ikebana.

Below are photos for ikebana arrangements created by members of the Chapter at the meeting.


Jenny Loo.


Judy Hajdu.


Sally Wilkinson.


Marjorie Campkin-
Smith.


Nicole McDonald.


Emily Karanikolopoulos.


Katrina Cunningham.


Akemi Suzuki.


Susan Healey.


Jo Tan.