Ikebana and us

The Chennai sogetsu Study Group will be meeting on October 5th at ABK-AOTS at their Yamamoto Hall for an Ikebana demonstration by Mrs. Remani Nambiar of Hyderabad  at 11.30am. This will be followed by a business lunch. Expecting to see all of you in good numbers, so that you can give a good cheer to Mrs. Nambiar who has so readily accepted our invitation. Guests are welcome with the usual guest charges of Rs. 200. 1. Venue:ABK- AOTS- DOSOKAI, 113 Nelson Manickam Road, 3rd floor, Chateau de Ampa, Aminjikarai, Chennai 600 029. 2. Intoduction of Mrs. Remani Nambiar by Malathi. 3. Demonstration by Mrs. Remani Nambiar. 4. Vote of thanks by Mrs. Meenakshi Sarin. 5. Presenting a memento by Mrs. Ambika Chandrasekar. 6. Lunch.           Please do attend this 'in full attendance' to make it a memorable event of the year.                        Looking forward to meeting all of you. Malathi

The Chennai Sogetsu Group met for their September workshopon 13th September, at the ABK-AOTS Dosokai hall.  Sensei Molly started proceedings with a demonstration on Variation 6, all round style.  For the first time, we tried an evening meeting to accomodate the working ladies, but this proved inconvenient for several others! She started off with a moribana interpretation A low, arrangement suitable for table-tops, with lovely pink carnations contrasting with the blue of the ceramic vase Another view Then she used a nagiere glass vase, with a vertical cross bar. Beautiful, all round views.  Jerberas, orchid, everlasting flower, and fern. There were ten members at the workshop, and some tried their hand at Variation 6, while others looked at working with interesting vases. Pushkala used local materials for her variation 6 arrangement Nagiere with ixora Divya worked with jerberas too Trishala's all round, with ix