Ikebana
Minimalistic Japanese flower arranging. Ikebana arrangements tend to be more sculptural than “traditional” flower arrangements. Space and line are as important as the flowers (mass); sometimes more important.
Sogetsu is one of the many schools in Ikebana. Sogetsu teaches that arrangements can be created anytime, anywhere, by anyone in any part of the world, and with any kind of material to include not only flowers, but also metal, paper, plastic—anything. In Sogetsu the Ikebana artist freely explores current contemporary life through their personal creative expression.
Moribana
Arrangements done with a wide-open shallow dish/ bowl where the water in the container is an important design element.
Nageire
Arrangements that are generally made in a tall cylinder or vase shaped container.
Kohiki
A surface design technique that involves painting layers of white slip (liquid clay) on dark clay slabs, then making cracks in the dry white slip by stretching the wet dark clay underneath.
Kurinuki
A traditional Japanese hand-building technique where solid blocks of clay are sculpted into a shape and then carved out to obtain an interior area, generally to hold a liquid.
