Historical Flower Kikyo
(Chinese Bellflower)
In this series, you will learn how to make seasonal kanzashi for ”Maiko”. The Kanzashi of September is Chinese Bellflower.
It is a historical flower, used as the family crest of many samurai warriors and also included in the seven autumn herbs.
There are two types of Maiko’s kanzahi. One is with single flower and the other type is with many flowers bundled together. This time we’ll make single large flower which will be challenging to make.
You Can Learn The Craftsmen's Methods
The craftsmen's methods are characterized by their ability to create beautiful tsumami zaiku quickly and in large quantities, and they choose the most efficient processes to achieve this. You can learn these methods.
How To Make The Flower
We will learn how to dye the fabric, make double-layer maru tsumami and adjustment, and techniques to make large-size petals to make a Chinese bellflower.
How To Make A Bud and Leaves
We will learn how to make a bud and leaves using ken tsumami technique using wires. This technique is very useful once you learned it.
Assemble Into The Kanzashi
We will learn how to assemble a flower, a bud, and leaves to form into right position to make Maiko's typical kanzashi which is used in September.
Our Curriculum
Let's make beautiful tsumami zaiku together!
Welcome! I'm Tomomi Yamashita,
ITA Representative Director and Instructor
Hello! I'm Rei Furuya,
Traditional Tsumami zaiku Artist and Instructorproduct
If you are a beginner but want to make ?
Don't worry, we prepare the free trial lesson and the Basic Course.
If you enroll now at the special price, you will have enough time (one year for oneshot/Maiko/Special lesson, no limit for Basic Course)
to see the lesson video, so it is not too late to try after learning the basics.