UPCOMING RETREAT: 17-21 December SHIBUIE: WHEN BEAUTY HAPPENS ACCIDENTALLY Shibuie is the ancient Japanese concept of accidental beauty in which the artist is just one ingredient in a number of dynamic interacting natural processes, the outcome of which is delightfully unpredictable, but strangely beautiful - beauty that is not ego-driven or deliberate. Louis will teach participants the classical Japanese brush painting techniques (Sumie) as they are applied to traditional subjects, such as landscape, bamboo and flower studies. We will use the genuine materials: solid pine-soot ink, a hollowed-out slate to liquefy it, a deer-hair bamboo-stemmed brush and absorbent mulberry paper. These can be either hired (R.75) or purchased (R.700) from the BRC. Each retreatant will receive two bisque tea bowls to sumie-decorate and glaze. Anthony will then fire up the kiln. We will watch the magic as the pots emerge from their ordeal of having been subjected to 1000ºC heat, smothered in sawdust and immersed in cold water. We will admire the pots as they emerge triumphantly from the scorching heat, and are used in the traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony on the final evening. Please visit the BRC website for further details brcixopo.co.za
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:14:27 +0000
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