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Saturday, 18th January 2020
Workshop led by Mrs Shoko K– Hanson and Mr Vendrice Garvin.
The theme of the workshop: Textbook 4-13, Dried, Bleached, or Coloured Materials (枯れもの・漂白花材・着色花材).
Venue: London Flower School (Nearest tube station: Kings cross): 16-20 Wharfdale Road, London, N1 9RY
After having excited and stimulating workshops with master teachers from outside the UK followed, we felt homely and relaxed to see the familiar faces from London Branch, Mr Vendrice Garvin the current director of the branch and Mrs Shoko Koizumi-Hanson the former director, as our leading teachers.
The theme and their demonstrations were as much interesting and unusual as previous ones.
Mrs Koizumi-Hanson made her demonstration with only dried materials that came mostly from her garden. Her first composition with low height materials in a high container was well balanced and beautiful. For her second work she used dried sunflowers from her garden. The sunflowers were very delicate and fragile and it is difficult to fix due to their heavy heads. However, she used special fixtures inside the container and made a wonderful composition.
Mr Garvin also demonstrated two compositions but with a bit of fresh flowers. As he comes from Jamaica, he said that using tropical flowers is very natural for him. He used them effectively to give a touch of colours to his works. His second and our last demonstration was very large using two vases and many dried branches. It was totally he.
The workshop was smooth and nice. We had new faces from a visitor from another country to first-time beginners. They all enjoyed the workshop at London Branch.
The article – by Ms Kaoru Furukawa
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