at IKO IKO New SUMMER hours: tues - sat 1-7 sun 1-5 Saturday, August 1,come by & enjoy homemade cookies to celebrate our new summer hours. Take advantage of special summer pricing on select items throughAugust 16. Don't be square. Be there. Bring a friend.
IKO IKO presents FELT IT: a workshop on the ancient process of felting wool saturday, july 19, 1-4 pm The day following the opening of the new installation Dependent- Arising and Part I- Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species at IKO IKO, artist Ashley Helvey led a felting wool workshop to a small group of curious ladies where we leaned one of the earliest textile forms. All the wool was purchased from the Stonehaven Farm in Oregon. Our fleeces were from some very beautiful Shetland sheep named Bess and Cascadia.
Our bag of fleece.
A tool-- the needle felter.
Artist Ashley Helvey introducing the felting process.
Yvonne and Ania laying down their foundation layer.
Laying down the foundation fleece.
Arranging the different fleece on top of the foundation layer.
Wetting the composition with hot water and soap.
Ready to roll it.
Pulling strands after rolling.
After the final rolling-agitation process. Now let it dry!
Come see Ashley's enormous wall hanging as well as some of her wearable felted wool pieces (headbands, necklaces, clothing) available at IKO IKO. All of her work is made from organic churro wool. Images of her pieces to come shortly!
with a special performance by cameron mesirow of GLASSER plus bodycity dance ensemble, commencing at 8 pm.
Also introducing
Part I- Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
A new installation by select artists and designers: Jennifer Boysen, Vivian Joyner, Hannah Keefe, Plume, Anna Pomeranz, Jeremy Rendina, PJ Risse, Rowena Sartin, Natascha Snellman, and Ami Tallman.
Pictures from IKO IKO's first Ikebana workshop led by Ohara School level III Master Yumiko Kikkawa.
Yumiko presented a brief history of the practice in Japan and talked about the many different schools active here in the United States today. She did three advanced demonstration arrangements, candidly explaining the relationship of color, the importance of the line and structure of the flowers when arranging and how to let the flowers "talk to you." After instructing the parameters of the basic Rising Form arrangement, everyone set off to make their composition.
Yumiko correcting the arrangements.
Rising Form arrangements in progress.
Her Radial Form arrangement, one of the three demonstration arrangements by Yumiko.
Instructor Yumiko Kikkawa in her summer kimono and obi.
Yumiko currently teaches private lessons and also instructs at the Los Angeles Arboretum on Friday mornings. If you'd like more information, please contact IKO IKO at info@ikoikospace.com and we'll gladly get you in contact with her.
