November Workshop - Sogetsu Ikebana
Sogetsu Ikebana - Unique Autumn Arrangements
For our November chapter meeting, Leslie Rosinski, a teacher in the Sogetsu School of Ikebana taught a lesson using dried, bleached or colored materials. These materials can be arranged in positions independent of the container and can show lightness or texture which cannot be expressed by fresh materials. She combined bittersweet vines, chrysanthemums in deep saturated tones, fall grasses and various other dried materials in a basket to create unique autumn arrangements.
October Workshop - Ichiyo Vertical Ikebana
Ichiyo Ikebana - Advanced Vertical Form
At our October chapter meeting, Terre Voegeli, Ichiyo Instructor taught a workshop focused on the 1st Ichiyo Advance form, the Vertical Form. The major motif of this form is a sense of vertical height no matter the shape of the container. Our meeting was held in one of the Matthaei Botanical Garden greenhouses and all agreed that it was a fantastic venue.
October Exhibition - Cranbrook House & Garden
Cranbrook Exhibition
Several of Ann Arbor’s members joined the Detroit Ikebana Chapter’s exhibition at Cranbrook House and Gardens the weekend of October 8th.
September Workshop - 45th Anniversary and Gladiolas
Ichiyo School Ikebana
We celebrated 45 years of the Ann Arbor Chapter of Ikebana International with a delicious cake and a wonderful demonstration by our very own Chapter president and Sensei Liz Larwa. Liz is an instructor in the Ichiyo School and demonstrated how to use gladiolas in Ikebana arrangements at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
August Workshop - Fruits & Vegetables
Ichiyo School Ikebana
Our instructor, Liz Larwa, from the Ichiyo school, led this outdoor summer chapter meeting creating arrangements utilizing fruits and vegetables. We had great fun with this theme for our last outdoor summer meeting. Next month we will start our regular chapter meetings at Matthaei.
July Workshop - Water Arrangements
Ichiyo School Ikebana
At our chapter meeting today, which was held at the shelter at Island Park, Ichiyo instructor Terre Voegeli presented a water arrangement where the design elements are above and below water. It was a lot of fun and the perfect lesson for a hot summer day
The Ann Arbor Ikebana Chapter is 45 years old this year!
You may have seen this mentioned in the Ikebana Headquarter newsletter and the most recent NCAR Seedlings. In reflection, our newsletter will be including small vignettes of past chapter events.
- Just to start off, the Ann Arbor Ikebana Chapter #183 was formed from members of the Ann Arbor Garden Club, which had been very active in Oriental Flower Arranging competitions and exhibitions. Other principal members were those wanting an II chapter in Ann Arbor as an alternative to driving to the Detroit chapter.
- May 1974 Prospective Chapter Status was granted by II Headquarters
- September 1, 1977 Formal Chapter Status was granted