Meeting Schedule

Ichiyo Master Janet Knowlton will lead a workshop on Arranging without a Kenzan Using Curly Willow. The Ichiyo Headmaster often arranges Moribana style without using a kenzan, using balance and tension to hold the materials in place. This workshop will explore one of the easier ways to achieve this—using curly willow in a moribana container with inward-sloping sides. This will be a fun exploration of this technique—come try it out! Curly willow will be provided for a fee of $8 for those who reserve it ahead.

• Please RSVP by Monday,  April 8th to:  ikebana.detroit@gmail.com

Materials and Supplies to Bring:

• Moribana dish with inward sloping sides—larger containers are easier than smaller ones! If you do not have a moribana dish like this, you may bring a nageire (tall) container and create a support system for it with the curly willow (not using cross-pieces in the mouth). A wider mouthed container will be easier than a narrow one unless you choose to do a typical nageire with cross-pieces.

• Floral and plant materials to use in addition to the willow. This can include leaves like fern, lemon leaf, lily grass, and a minimum of three flowers with additional filler as desired. (Lightweight materials may be easier to balance in the arrangement.)

• If you do not order curly willow and do not have some to bring, red-twig or yellow-twig dogwood may be used though they are not as easy to arrange.

• Scissors, table sheet, cloth for clean-up, pitcher and bucket for your living materials.

Note to All: $5.00 per person per month fee to help offset costs for our venue. We will have a door prize each month, so, as you pay, you will receive a ticket for a chance to win an ikebana related item.

Please bring a bag lunch