A Blossom a Day
Sogetsu Ikebana Family Workshop
with Hedy Leung
Saturday, 2 December
1500 - 1700
Salon Mondial, Freilager-platz 9, Münchenstein/Basel (Tram 11: Freilager)
This workshop is offered free of charge on a first-come-first serve basis. Donation is welcome to help cover the material and workshop costs.
Registration is essential. Kindly send your request with the names of the participants to: team@PF25.org
The artist will provide several demonstrations, illustrating how to create a simple ikebana work by using a mug.
Participants are encouraged to bring a mug to the workshop to make an Ikebana work, which they will then exchange with others. The exchange of mugs signifies the initiation of new friendships by sharing elements of our culture, comfort, and memories with those we meet in the workshop.
Concept about the workshop
The exquisite beauty of blossoms serves a symbol of the daily joys and inspiration that grace our lives. By utilising flowers as a representation of our everyday experiences and emotions, we embark on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between the art of ikebana and personal expression. Considering for a moment a simple mug, which can hold within its form a moment of reflection and contemplation. It embodies the serene act of savouring a daily cup of tea or coffee while penning thoughts in a diary. It is a ubiquitous ritual, shared by countless individuals, the warmth of a morning beverage filling their favorite mug. This ritual integrates into a daily diary-writing routine, offering a precious moment for one to capture anecdotes, experiences, thoughts, and emotions, while sipping from their mug.
Incorporating mugs into the ikebana workshop lends a thematic approach to journaling Much like a diary, a mug becomes a vessel through which we express our innermost thoughts and feelings, only this time, it’s through the medium of an ikebana practice within the mug, as opposed to the written word. Within the workshop, participants will immerse themselves in the art of ikebana while concurrently nurturing a profound sense of connection, symbolised by the mug. The essence of this concept lies in making ikebana within mugs, with the added dimension of exchanging these mugs with fellow participants. This exchange not only encourages interpersonal connections but also fosters a deeper understanding of one another through ikebana.
Click here for the artist's biography.
Fantasy Basel 2023
Ikebana International Basel Chapter Exhibition
Messe Basel
Sōgetsu-ryū (草月流)
Japanese Flower Arrangement
Sogetsu Ikebana Demonstration by Hedy Leung
with vessels by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and Laura Sattin
as part of the Kirschblütenfest auf dem Vitra Campus
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 3.30pm
Tadao Ando Conference Pavilion, Vitra Design Museum
Charles-Eames-Strasse, Weil am Rhein, DE
Free entrance
Photo: Dejan Jovanovic, Vitra Design Museum
Sogetsu Ikebana
Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop
by certified practitioner Hedy Leung
coming workshops in March 2023
Friday 10 March 1800-2000h
Saturday 11 March
(i) 1400-1600h
(ii) 1630-1830h
Wednesday 15 March 1800-2000h
Thursday 16 March 1800-2000h
a maximum of 6 students per workshop
Where:
Pfeffergässlein 25, 4051 Basel
via Nadelberg 33
How much:
CHF80 per person per workshop
What is included:
demonstration, tools and materials will be provided,
flowers can be taken with you after the workshop
a cup of tea served upon your arrival
Registration is essential:
send your name, contact number, date of workshop and number of participants to
For enquiry of private / corporate workshops or other request
About the Artist
Hedy Leung is Sogetsu Ikebana and sound artist. She is a member of the Sogetsu Teachers' Association and Ikebana International Switzerland (Basel Chapter). She learnt under the tutelage of sensei Mr Ho Hin Shing (1st Riji) since 2017. In 2022, she received the Sogetsu Ikebana Teachers' Diploma (3rd Grade Sankyu Shihan).
Hedy is a certified senior Chinese medicated food dietician with the recognition of the International General Chinese Medicated Meal of Self Recovery Association as well as the Commercial Vocational Skill Certificate from The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, The PRC.
In 2020, Hedy graduated with the Diploma Program in Practical Chinese Medicine (Chinese Medicine Nutritional Studies) at The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education. She has a bachelor degree of Social Science in Psychology Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Hedy has completed the BioGeometry Advanced Training in 2021 (Levels 4-6: Energy-Quality Balancing & Measurement, Environmental Energy Balancing and Design Principles).
Hedy's recent work include: 'Menhir Tapestry 1' (2023) for the opening performance for Radio X Arts Festival, Basel; '202300080026' (2023), a performative installation for 'Homeland in Transit' opening at E-WERK Freiburg, and 'Random Diaries' Zurich; 'Hands Project' PF25 Basel (2022); Spring Festival at Vitra Museum; and Giardina Zurich.
on Sogetsu Ikebana
Ikebana gives life to the present moment.
Every moment counts,
not one moment repeats itself.
Ikebana is an encounter between humans and plants.
Flowers and stems are given a new life
when they are arranged in a vessel or a space.
Ikebana allows flowers and vessels,
which exist on their own, to become one.
A different harmonious beauty is created.
Ikebana is a tactile art.
Enjoying visual movement through our hands,
it allows us unique opportunities to experience the flower,
the vessel and space.
In this workshop on Ikebana,
we will explore the flower’s rhythm flows
in our imaginations and the inspiring energy
between the organic vessels and the plant arrangements.
Hedy Leung
Previous Workshops
Sogetsu Ikebana
Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop
by certified practitioner Hedy Leung
Private Workshops:
-
Wednesday 9 Nov - afternoon
-
Tuesday 15 Nov - evening
-
Wednesday 16 Nov - afternoon
-
Thursday 17 Nov - afternoon - reserved
from 4 to 6 participants
Where:
Pfeffergässlein 25, 4051 Basel
via Nadelberg 33
How much:
CHF 80 per person
What is included:
demonstration, tools and materials will be provided,
flowers can be taken with you after the workshop
Registration is essential:
send your name, contact number, date of workshop and number of participants to connect@PF25.org
For private / corporate workshops and other enquiries:
Past group workshops in October and November 2022:
Fridays
28.10 1800-1930h
04.11 1800-1930h
Saturdays
22.10 1630-1800h
29.10 1630-1800h
maximum of 6 participants per workshop