MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER and GARDEN SHOW

This week the annual Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has taken place. Ikebana International Melbourne has once again participated with a collaborative exhibit in which five schools are represented. The overall design was created by Keiko Mii of the Ohara School in consultation with the committee representing all schools. The design idea was to present an 'inner city oasis' in the form of a Japanese courtyard garden. Everyone was thrilled that the exhibit won a bronze medal. First is a photo of the exhibit on the morning of the show was opened.

The photo below has been altered to remove glare and extraneous details at the sides of the image. 

The following photos are of 'details' in the garden. 

The bronze bowl represents a well.

Ichiyo School

Ohara School

Sogetsu School

Ikenobo School

Shogetsudokoryu School

VILLA EHPUSSI de ROTHSCHILD

8th March 2016

At the March meeting our guest speaker was Patricia Begg a scholar and collector of porcelain and glass who has curated exhibitions for major galleries including the National Gallery of Victoria. She gave an illustrated presentation of the gardens and porcelain in the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild on the French Riviera. Among the unexpected revelations of the garden was the presence of a considerable number of Australian plants and a rather hidden Japanese garden.

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The demonstration at the meeting was given by Eiko Roskam of the Ohara school. 

She created a autumn coloured, Rimpa style moribana arrangement using 'cockscomb', chrysanthemum and variegated miscanthus.



Here is Eiko's finished work.

As the theme for the meeting included ceramics, members made arrangements in vessels that were of particular meaning to them.

 Toula Karanikolopoulos.

Pat Hetrel.

Christopher James.

Lee Johnstone.

Keiko Mii

Lyn Wong.

Olive Cheng

Emily Karanikolopoulos.

Helen Gray.

Cheiko Yazaki.

Trish Ward.

HAIKU - - - - - 'POETICAL IKEBANA'

At the first meeting of the Chapter on 9th February 2016 a presentation was made by three members whose ikebana had been selected for the book 'Poetical Ikebana', that was published last year. The book featured works by ikebanists from all around the world. The ikebana was created in response to Haiku that had been circulated in advance. We were all pleased that one of our own members was chosen to have her work on the front cover of the book.

Here is the book and Robyn Unglik's recreation of her ikebana.  Below is the haiku:

He doesn't loosen

although shaken up by the wind

the last apple   

     

Philip Keon also recreated his work and showed the relevant page of the book. Below is the haiku:

First snow

how quiet do the white flakes

whirl downwards 

In the photo above Margaret Wilson gave a demonstration in which she created a new ikebana work in response to the same haiku she had chosen in the book.

    

The finished work and below the haiku:

Still the red sun
is glowing pitiless

but the autumn wind rustles 

At the meeting were 11 members of the Melbourne Chapter of Ikebana International, all of whom had their work represented in the book.

Left to right: Betty Karanikolopoulos, Toula Karanikolopoulos, Eugenia Chudacek, Philip Keon, Helen Novic, Robyn Unglik, Emily Karanikolopoulos, Theresa Feile, Margaret Wilson.

In front: Christopher James and Lara Telford.

Below are other ikebana arrangements made by members on the day of the meeting, each one in response to a haiku poem.

Elishia Zhang

Pat Hetrel

 Betty Karanikolopoulos

 Toula Karanikolopoulos

Lee Johnstone

Chieko Yazaki

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