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I attended a Hayaike Ikebana workshop today - Hayaike means "quick arranging". We did each arrangement in 20 minutes, then went around for a critique of our work. We each did a large, medium and small arrangement.
In spite of the cold wintery weather 27 members of the Chapter and 3 visitors attended the Saturday afternoon workshop on 13th July. The leader of the workshop was Chieko Yazaki, the head of the Shogetsudokoryu School in Melbourne. The theme she chose was arrangements using Aspidistra leaves. These leaves are the traditional material used in classical Seika arrangements which are the signature style of the Shogetsudokoryu School. Chieko demonstrated the basic Seika style with five leaves and…