Chicago Chapter Ikenobo

Chicago Chapter Ikenobo One of the oldest North American Chapters of the Ikenobo School. See our website at chicagoikenobo.org.

We provide annual public exhibitions, workshops, virtual and in-person classes, demonstrations and private lessons.

These stills are from the second day of our performance piece, "Enso". The first day was creation, the second destructi...
05/30/2023

These stills are from the second day of our performance piece, "Enso". The first day was creation, the second destruction and rebirth. The two pieces had music based on sounds from the Japanese tea ceremony, post-modern dance with butoh influence, modern origami, and video based on seasonal imagery. The entire performance was done within a large multi-piece ikebana arrangement on the stage floor.

The first children's ikebana workshop held in December. They made a home with flowers for the field mouse.
01/27/2023

The first children's ikebana workshop held in December. They made a home with flowers for the field mouse.

A successful fundraiser for the Japanese Arts Foundation with kintsugi, butoh, chado, origami, shodo and ikebana. Speci...
10/25/2022

A successful fundraiser for the Japanese Arts Foundation with kintsugi, butoh, chado, origami, shodo and ikebana. Special thanks to Hunter Lewis for assisting in the creation of these pieces. The event was held at the International Museum of Surgical Science.

After a three year COVID hiatus, the chapter held its annual show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was good to be back...
08/31/2022

After a three year COVID hiatus, the chapter held its annual show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was good to be back.

Great pictures from our recent class on moribana.
09/30/2021

Great pictures from our recent class on moribana.

Some beautiful rikka work by my students. They made the transition from creating pieces with three main elements to rik...
09/20/2021

Some beautiful rikka work by my students. They made the transition from creating pieces with three main elements to rikka, which has none main elements, with skill.

Beautiful work by some great students Today's study was the classic "Seven Grass" arrangement made of kudzu, patrinia, ...
09/06/2021

Beautiful work by some great students Today's study was the classic "Seven Grass" arrangement made of kudzu, patrinia, miscanthus, thoroughwort, dianthus, bell flower, brush clover,. The only shoka form with more than three materials. We made three substitutions due to the Midwest climate.

Great class yesterday on naturalistic jiyuka. Spirea, wax flower and protea.
08/24/2021

Great class yesterday on naturalistic jiyuka. Spirea, wax flower and protea.

First four months of new Rikka class completed . Variations of sugushin rikka using classical techniques.
08/18/2021

First four months of new Rikka class completed . Variations of sugushin rikka using classical techniques.

A highly difficult form, nijuike, created circa 1750. A student's work.
08/16/2021

A highly difficult form, nijuike, created circa 1750. A student's work.

A great day of classes. We discussed everything from Aristotle to Shinran to Warhol.
08/09/2021

A great day of classes. We discussed everything from Aristotle to Shinran to Warhol.

An installation at the Chicago Botanic Garden before the pandemic, "Mondrian Revisited"
07/14/2021

An installation at the Chicago Botanic Garden before the pandemic, "Mondrian Revisited"

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