Rikka Workshop

Professor:  Professor Jeanne Holy (guest professor from Illinois)

Cost: $20.00 members  (RSVP Date:  January 15th, 2020)

1. Register: Please respond to all RSVPs before the registration deadline.  After you register, you will be sent the link for the Zoom Workshop and to associated videos.
2. Send your Payment: Make checks out to Ikenobo of Arizona. Checks should be sent to Lisa Schleier, 226 E. Marconi Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85022-3019.
3. Send Photos: Please make sure to send your pictures before the deadline so your sensei has time to critique them and you will have time to modify your arrangement and send back the picture of your corrected arrangement.  

The link to the ZOOM workshop will be sent to you AFTER you register.

If you have questions,  please contact Wanda LaLoggia at  (480) 600-4220 or via email at ikenobowanda@gmail.com.

Are you ready to start out the New Year with a Rikka Challenge?  I hope so because I am ready to teach!  You may arrange shofutai or shimputai rikka.  But before you decide you may like to view the videos on each style.

Gathering materials for any kind of rikka can be intimidating.  This step is most important in all ikebana but no more evident than in rikka style. You need more materials and different kinds of materials. THE challenge we have all had this year is to have to select our own materials for ikebana.  One thing I am sure of is that if you meet this challenge regardless of how successful you WILL succeed at increasing your ikebana knowledge. Unlike you, I am not familiar with Arizona materials. Below you will find a list of materials you may be able to find at the grocery store or in my yard that is good for shofutai rikka.  You will have to substitute what is available to you. You can use my list as a guide for the positions of yakueda to keep with the concept of san kasho zukai. For those of you choosing to arrange shimputai rikka, I am sure you are knowledgeable enough to know what you need without my help.

shin   uke   hikai     long stem rose  OR   alstroemeria   OR   disbud mums (long-stemmed large)   OR  bird of paradise  OR lily OR euonomous
soe mikoshi nagashi   flowering branches like forsythia OR pussy willow OR weeping willow*  OR  palm leaves*   (*use non-cascading material  for nagashi/ soe shita)
shoshin      Rose    OR    iris      OR    straight pine or any very straight material.
do       foxtail fern   OR Israeli ruscus OR   juniper OR ti leaves OR hypericum OR any semi-cylindrical material
maeoki  lemon leaf  OR boxwood  OR  leather fern  OR hypericum   OR any semi-flat material
ashirai:    indome, yodome, kidome, kusadome   mini-carnation, mini rose,  sm mums,  ferns ushirogakoi    leather fern, pine, evergreens, solidago, babies breath

After arranging your rikka please send your photos via email or text to me for comments.  You may arrange it anytime and send photos to me before the deadline. I will send you my suggestions and you may adjust your arrangement and send in a final photo.   During the actual workshop, we will go over any questions you may have and then review each before and after photo of your rikka.    Jeanne Holy

Please send your photos via:

email:    jholy@prairieikebana.org
text to:  217 637 5221
Include a front view, side view, and kenzan (sashiguchi) view –  if possible rename your photos:   last name/first name/front/side/kenzan  example: holyjeannefront

Initial “before” photos deadline:  Saturday, January 16 by noon
final photos: Sunday, January 17 by 10 am