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This lesson will be the Moribana Upright Style (Chokuritsu-kei) in a low bowl (suiban). Joe will start the lesson with a brief overview of the arrangement’s key elements and demonstrate how to create the Upright Style moribana. Then you’ll make your arrangement! The flowers and containers shown in the photos are examples only. The flowers and containers used in each lesson will vary from those in the photos.
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*Note: Registration for this class will close on Tuesday, 10/13, at 9 PM.
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The lesson will start promptly at 4 PM. Please arrive at 3:45 PM so you’ll be set up and ready to start learning at 4. The lesson will end by 6 PM.
Your help cleaning up the room would be greatly appreciated. We must leave the room and have it look great by 6 PM.
The lesson is held at the Yokoso Center, 1175 Old Henderson Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43220.
Your container should be a low shallow bowl, deep enough to hold a kenzan. It can be round, oval, or a half-circle.
Two kenzans. Rectangles (about 2.5" x 3") are preferred although rounds (2" in diameter) are acceptable. Both don't have to be the same
Please contact Joe Rotella (614.537.7077 or by email) if you have questions.
Moribana Chokuritsu-kei (Upright Style) expresses the beauty of materials rising upward from a low bowl, emphasizing strength, clarity, and natural growth.
In this lesson, we'll use two varieties of medium chrysanthemums to study the standard framework of the Upright Style and the important role each stem plays in creating the finished arrangement. This foundational Ohara School study also serves as an introduction to the traditional Three-Variety Chrysanthemum Arrangement.
Joe Rotella
Associate Second Term Master, Ohara School of Ikebana
Certified MyFrame Instructor
Joe has studied ikebana since 1993. Joe is an Associate Second Term Master in the Ohara School of Ikebana and one of only two Certified Instructors for MyFrame in the United States (as of Spring 2024). Joe was featured in the Spring 2024 edition of 614 Refined magazine (pages 22-24).
Joe is the Founder and President of the Central Ohio Shibui Ohara Chapter. He is also Past President of the Miami Valley Ohara Chapter, a member of the Southeastern and Northern Ohio Ohara Chapters, and a member of NAOTA and EOTA.