Part 1: Ikebana Workshop: Vessel Making with Becky Blevins
Saturday June 21st from 2pm-5pm, $45.00, all levels welcome
This is part one of a two-part summer workshop series exploring the traditional Japanese art form of ikebana. Registering for both classes is not required to enroll.
The traditional Japanese art of ikebana, also referred to as kado or "the way of flowers," focuses on the stylized arrangement of flowers and other elements from nature utilizing handmade pottery forms.
Join us at Buchanan Arts for an afternoon immersed in the rich ceramics history accompanying the art of ikebana flower arranging. Each student will complete at least one functional ikebana vessel in this class. Class fees cover all tools, materials, and firings.
Students enrolled in this class have the option of enrolling in a companion workshop, Part 2 Ikebana: Flower Arranging with Sachi Uemoto Groves, offered on Sunday August 3rd from 2-3pm.
Instructor Bio:
Rebecca Blevins grew up in Appalachia playing on the clay banks of Watauga Lake in East Tennessee. She has taught ceramics in various studio settings as an adjunct professor, community educator, and private instructor for over 10 years. The artist is currently working out of her studio in the woods in Ashland City, TN where she continues to pursue experimentation of form using both hand building and wheel throwing techniques. She has also started digging clay and gathering local raw materials with the hope to incorporate a more trial and error approach to her practice. She is equal parts teacher, potter, sculptor, and experimenter. In her studio it is not uncommon to find a perfectly thrown vessel next to a silly animal form or a lumpy cup. All are welcome.
Saturday June 21st from 2pm-5pm, $45.00, all levels welcome
This is part one of a two-part summer workshop series exploring the traditional Japanese art form of ikebana. Registering for both classes is not required to enroll.
The traditional Japanese art of ikebana, also referred to as kado or "the way of flowers," focuses on the stylized arrangement of flowers and other elements from nature utilizing handmade pottery forms.
Join us at Buchanan Arts for an afternoon immersed in the rich ceramics history accompanying the art of ikebana flower arranging. Each student will complete at least one functional ikebana vessel in this class. Class fees cover all tools, materials, and firings.
Students enrolled in this class have the option of enrolling in a companion workshop, Part 2 Ikebana: Flower Arranging with Sachi Uemoto Groves, offered on Sunday August 3rd from 2-3pm.
Instructor Bio:
Rebecca Blevins grew up in Appalachia playing on the clay banks of Watauga Lake in East Tennessee. She has taught ceramics in various studio settings as an adjunct professor, community educator, and private instructor for over 10 years. The artist is currently working out of her studio in the woods in Ashland City, TN where she continues to pursue experimentation of form using both hand building and wheel throwing techniques. She has also started digging clay and gathering local raw materials with the hope to incorporate a more trial and error approach to her practice. She is equal parts teacher, potter, sculptor, and experimenter. In her studio it is not uncommon to find a perfectly thrown vessel next to a silly animal form or a lumpy cup. All are welcome.
Saturday June 21st from 2pm-5pm, $45.00, all levels welcome
This is part one of a two-part summer workshop series exploring the traditional Japanese art form of ikebana. Registering for both classes is not required to enroll.
The traditional Japanese art of ikebana, also referred to as kado or "the way of flowers," focuses on the stylized arrangement of flowers and other elements from nature utilizing handmade pottery forms.
Join us at Buchanan Arts for an afternoon immersed in the rich ceramics history accompanying the art of ikebana flower arranging. Each student will complete at least one functional ikebana vessel in this class. Class fees cover all tools, materials, and firings.
Students enrolled in this class have the option of enrolling in a companion workshop, Part 2 Ikebana: Flower Arranging with Sachi Uemoto Groves, offered on Sunday August 3rd from 2-3pm.
Instructor Bio:
Rebecca Blevins grew up in Appalachia playing on the clay banks of Watauga Lake in East Tennessee. She has taught ceramics in various studio settings as an adjunct professor, community educator, and private instructor for over 10 years. The artist is currently working out of her studio in the woods in Ashland City, TN where she continues to pursue experimentation of form using both hand building and wheel throwing techniques. She has also started digging clay and gathering local raw materials with the hope to incorporate a more trial and error approach to her practice. She is equal parts teacher, potter, sculptor, and experimenter. In her studio it is not uncommon to find a perfectly thrown vessel next to a silly animal form or a lumpy cup. All are welcome.
