Calligraphy and Shakuhachi
Yesterday the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a master class in Japanese calligraphy which gathered a full room of guests and participants in the event. Yekaterina Nazarova, one of the authors showcased at the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, flew all the way from Kyoto in Japan to take part in it. The master class started with an unusual performance — Yekaterina created astonishingly beautiful Japanese characters while her husband was contributing to the heightened aesthetic feel of the moment playing the traditional Japanese Shakuhachi bamboo flute.
Then the calligrapher introduced the audience to character writing techniques and had a Q&A session. The event gathered many young people. The interactive program was also finished with the sounds of Shakuhachi. This time Yekaterina Nazarova was joined by the audience who tried their hand in calligraphic art following the exquisite tune.
The next master classes will take place on November 25. Russian master Yegor Lobusov and Iranian calligrapher Babak Rashvand Hamamloo will join the project.
The works by Yekaterina Nazarova
Koichi Yoshida playing the Shakuhachi bamboo flute
Yekaterina explaining the basics of character writing
It turns out writing Japanese characters isn't that hard...