Ikebana and us

  FEBRUARY MEETING   Our February meeting was a very interesting one. A workshop was conducted by Sensei Ambika Chandrasekar.    Her theme was "Spontaenous Creativity".  Her message was ‘each one does with materials before you’. Each one had to use another member’s vase to create at the workshop. Our Chairperson then made it even more "spontaneous" by creating a lucky dip with numbers. Sensei Ambika demonstrated Spontaneous Creativity through two arrangements done in containers and materials brought by two different members.   Ambika drew lots too and got Chitra Thiagarajan's vase and materials! Sensei used Chitra's  blue glass container. With lily leaves, Chrysanthemum and Syngonium she created her first beautiful arrangement.  Using Indian almond branch and white lily in a u-shaped blue ceramic container that belongs to another member, Sensei Ambika made her second spontaneous arrangement.  The material was from her apartment garden, the...

  JANUARY MEETING   The year 2025  began with a workshop by our Sensei Meenakshi Sarin at our usual location, ABK Hall in Chennai. Sensei Meenu’s topic was “Composition Expressing Movement”. She created three elegant arrangements expressing movement.   For the first  one, Sensei Meenu used inflorescence of a fish tail palm and chrysanthemum in a metal container. Using ixora, gerbera and decorative kale in a ceramic container she created her second beautiful arrangement.   With coconut spirals, gerberas and red spiral called tornado from Sogetsu school, Sensei made her third arrangement. The demonstration was followed by a workshop.  Members made arrangements exhibiting movements. The following photos are of the arrangements made by the members who attended the workshop: By Sensei Dalley By Sensei Pushkala By Sensei Prerana By Sensei Trishala By Luna By Bhuvana By Susan

Our December meeting was held at ABK on  Saturday the 21st December at ABK with ten members . Sensei Prerana and Sensei Trishala Vaishnav demonstrated with all green material Red ceramic container.Palm leaves, dracena leaves painted and silver dollar painted gold.The arrangement is to celebrate Christmas. For her  arrangement Sensei Prerana had used a long copper tube and arranged her materials in mass. The vase is a discarded container found in a trash bin on the roadside.Cleaned it and spray painted gold and silver to look beautiful.Used palm leaves, crotons and wild red berries. For her first arrangement Sensei Trishala had used an iron vase and inserted pretty garden leaves  in the freestyle For her second arrangement Sensei Trishala had used a classic ceramic container and arranged all green material in the freestyle Members' arrangement at the workshop  Sensei Pushkala. Materials used  by Mrs Pushkala and the write up in her own words: Blue ceramic  c...