01 Dec 2023
Sogetsu Magazine 2023 Winter
Freedom comes from your own thinking and doing
- Price：1,980 Yen
- Softcover：88 pages
- Language：Japanese and English
- Dimensions：(W/H)210㎜/297㎜
- Date of Issue：Dec/1/2023
- Item No.：A5142
Arranging flowers in hammer-raised metal vessels
Tankin in Japanese is a metalworking technique in which a single sheet of metal is hand-battered and hammer-raised to create various forms. lo Koichi, a finalist for the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize 2019, pursues his own unique expression by adding his personal interpretation and value to this 4,000-year-old craft. The lemoto’s encounter with the young artist’s containers created a new landscape in the world of Tankin.
［Feature article］MASS
Mass is a technique that was introduced into ikebana by our first lemoto Sofu as a new type of expression. In a broad sense, it is one of the three essential elements of ikebana: Line, Color and Mass. However, every person seems to have a different interpretation of mass. In order to thoroughly enjoy the authentic mass of Sogetsu,let us give a second thought to its concept and the method of arranging a mass.
Flowers in profusion ［Winter］
Flowers for the New Year and Christmas-Showcasing sensibility in ikebana on festive occasions.
Contents
Teshigahara Akane Her Words and Works
- Enjoy Ikabana.
- Arranging flowers in hammer-raised metal vessels
- Visiting an artist’s atelier
［Feature article］MASS
- What to do in order to enjoy mass
- How Teshigahara Akane expresses mass
- Meaning of“mass”
- The first expression in ikebana
- Architectural environment and mass
- Let’s visualize mass
- How to create mass 1 : Flowers
- How to create mass 2 : Branches
- Mass containing strength and energy
- Materials for creating mass
- For more attractive mass expressions
Ikebanists of Sogetsu
- Exhibition report : Tan-no Kaen exhibition 「YUI」
- Flowers in profusion ［Winter］
Iwamoto Chisei, Okazaki Shinobu, Ozawa Seiko, Kawana Tetsunori, Takagi Suisen, Okubo Masanaga, Nakada Kazuko, Kato Kumiko, Sumura Eikou, Hinata Yoichi, Nakamura Sozan, Fukushima Koka, Eguchi Tamae, Sumide Bisen
Serialization
- Artist Interview with Teshigahara Kiri : Andrew Salgado
- Ikka-Sanbo(One kind of material in three distinctive variations)17： Dragon’s-claw willow : Sasaki Koyo
- To the Cities of the World 37 : Joan Yusui Suzuki in San Francisco
- What’s in an ikebana work? (Sofu’s Lecture Note) 32：‘Ikebana with poor visual quality:Ikebana lacking dynamics of rhythm, density, and intensity’
- Teacher’s Workshop Theme: Arranging flowers on a corporate reception desk
- Life with Flowers (Artist Profile)：Miyashita Tosui
