New Year Special "Kakizome" Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) Workshop “希望＆飛”(Hope & To Soar）
"Kakizome" is a Japanese long-lasting tradition which dates back to 9th century royal customs to write a new year’s resolution or a wish with Japanese calligraphy. "Kakizome" is a popular New Year’s event in modern day Japan. School students write kakizome for their Winter homework and thousands of people write them together in the Tokyo Budokan every year.
For HYPER JAPAN’s 2021 "Kakizome" Workshop, Akemi has carefully chosen two special words, 希望 (kibō – Hope) and 飛 (tobu – To soar), to wish for brighter start to the new year.
In this special workshop, you will not only learn to write these two words in Kaiso, the regular script form, but Akemi will also guide you to enjoy drawing your own unique 飛 in a modern, expressionist form and also with a diluted ink - a technique used in "Sumi-e" ink painting .
This special 3 hour new year workshop will also give you an opportunity to sign your own name in katakana script on your kakizome calligraphy artwork. ( A thin brush will be required to write your own name.)
This is your chance to enjoy a unique Japanese tradition, and to put your hopes and dreams into your own beautiful calligraphy piece. Join Akemi’s 2021 "Kakizome" workshop and make a flying start of new year!
(*Above images from left to right: Akemi's her own kakizome work and 2 of annual "kakizome" event at Tokyo Budokan)
Date: 9th January 2021, Saturday
Time: 10:00-13:00 (3 hours lesson,10 minutes break in between)
Instructor's profile: Akemi Lucas
Online tool: ZOOM (link will be sent to you after your purchase**)
Ticket Price:
- £35 - Single person ticket
Ticket sales will end at 5pm on 8th January 2021, Friday.
Ticket with full calligraphy equipment set or with a thin brush:
- £87 - Single person ticket with 1 full equipment set
- £45 - Single person ticket with 1 thin brush
(Incl. first class shipping fee inside the mainland UK. Please see below for equipment details and the photo.)
Ticket sales including equipment will end at 5pm on 3rd January 2021, Sunday.
Participants are required to send their first name ( with pronunciation help) to HYPER JAPAN for Akemi to prepare a model of your own first name in Katakana script for the class.
Precautions: Over 15 years old
Please read the Terms carefully and make sure that you understand them before you submit your form.
https://store.hyperjapan.co.uk/pages/terms-and-conditions-for-cross-media-event-workshop-students
**If you don't receive any information one day before the class, please send an email here: sales@hyperjapan.co.uk
Image of instructions you'll practice at workshop.
Please be prepared 10 minutes before the workshop starts.
2. Explanation of Kakizome and lesson plan
3. Practice of basic strokes
5. Expression ”飛-Tobu"(Fly) with dark ink, practice, finalise.
6. Expression ”飛-Tobu"(Fly) with water and ink, practice, finalise.
7. Writing your name on the finalised artworks.
Please prepare this equipment by yourself before the workshop starts.
2. Black calligraphy ink
3. Calligraphy - Hanshi - paper (Around 50 paper will be needed)
4. Ink Stone and a few small plates for ink and diluted ink
5. Cloth (Felt): put under the paper.
6. Paperweight (or anything heavy to put on the paper or Washi paper to fix)
1 x Black Calligraphy Ink bottle
1 x Thick Brush : Koshu Original ( Pictured in the main calligraphy set on left)
