SCAF – Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

Feel & Think: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion

Japanese Floral Workshop

Learn the art of Ikebana and create your own floral arrangements with Setsuko Yanagisawa of Yuga Floral Design

Saturday 20 July 2013

2 – 4 pm

$45 per person, inclusive of materials and take home floral arrangement

BOOKED OUT – SCAF NO LONGER ACCEPTING BOOKINGS
recommended for ages 12+

Venue: Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
16-20 Goodhope Street, Paddington

Setsuko Yanagisawa

Born in Japan, Setsuko studied floral design in Denmark, France and Japan before establishing her own company, Yuga floral Design in Sydney. Her practise expresses a contemporary marriage between the exquisitely refined traditions of Japanese floral art and the vibrant textures and colours of Australia. Setsuko has exhibited The Art of Flowers- Japanese Four Seasons, Government House in Sydney, 2006, Encounters through Flowers Hana (Flower) installation at Customs House, October 2008, Appreciation of Imperfect Beauty at the Japan Foundation, Sydney, October 2009 and Ikebana arrangement for the opening night of Kamisaka Sekka for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, June 2012.

Photo: Cole Bennetts

Feel & Think: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion originally presented at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, organised by Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation and Bunka Fashion Research Institute, Bunka Gakuen University, 2011.