Ikebana, translated from Japanese as “living flowers,” is flower arrangements known worldwide for its grace and beauty.
Lynn Forbes and Patti Quinn Hill of the Ichiyo School will give a demonstration of various ways to use natural materials in unnatural ways and incorporate them into graceful arrangements. The Ichiyo School ikebana artists will show how various materials gathered from a garden can be transformed into beautiful arrangements by cutting, bundling, weaving and manipulating natural items in creative ways.
Lynn Forbes is the current president of Ikebana International Asheville. Her ikebana arrangements have been exhibited for many years in Art in Bloom at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts and is now the chair of its ikebana committee. Her arrangements have also been in other exhibitions, including the US Cellular Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the NC Arboretum and Fine Art and Flora at the Greenville County Museum. She conducts demonstrations for Ikebana International Asheville as well as at the Ichiyo chapters.
Patti Quinn Hill is a certified instructor and master in the Ichiyo School. She has been an active member and participant in Ikebana International Asheville since 2005, including serving as its president, member of its board, chair of its exhibition committee, historian, and on multiple committees. She has been the chapter’s Webmaster, photographer, and technology expert. She has attended many ikebana conferences and her arrangements have been shown in multiple exhibitions. Her accomplishments include an artistic expression of colorful basket weaving known as “Woven Vessels of Paper.”
Guests who are interested in learning more about ikebana can join us at the Folk Art Center Auditorium. We ask that everyone planning to attend to please wear a mask. Please contact Lynn Forbes at the number or email above to obtain the necessary information.