OCTOBER 2021

The October meeting was not able to be held because of the on-going Covid lockdown. For the first time the Chapter held an online Zoom demonstration as an alternative which allowed members to remain engaged with the Chapter.

Christopher James, Head of the Victorian Branch of the Sogetsu School, was the demonstrator. He chose the theme of Spring Flowers in a nageire vessel. In each he also demonstrated a "cross-bar" fixing technique that minimised the risk of damaging a thin-walled or fragile vessel.

This was his first example in which case all the materials are exotic flowers. Snapdragon, Alstromeria and Red Valerian.

His second example was an ikebana of Australian native materials only from his own garden or gathered nearby. The materials are: Red and yellow Calistemon, Tea Tree, and Black wattle.

Members participated by creating their ikebana at home and sending photos into the Chapter for publishing. Those photos are shown below.

Akemi Suzuki

Betty Karanikolopoulos

Chieko Yazaki

Elizabeth Angell

Emily Karanikolopoulos

Eugenia Chudacek

Midori Nakajima

Jenny Loo

Julie Ireland

Lara Telford

Margaret Leung

Margaret Wilson

Naomi Nakajima

Nobuko Kobayashi

Patricia Hetrel

Sally Wilkinson 

Sivasakthy Set

Thea Sartori