Ikebana and us

Sensei Malathi's arrangement for the reception on 7th December 2012 With Mrs Nakano at the reception

(2) IKEBANA Click on the link.  If Any of you have similar online albums, please let me know and I will shar the link.

II's south-east Asian regional conference was held in Delhi in November, and our member Sensei Meenu represented the Chennai Sogetsu Study Group!! Here is her report.   Day one was registration and later a demonstrations by the Mumbai II chapter.  The Ohara school was colorful and different and espoused an innovative aspect of their school.  There was also a demonstration of Sogetsu style by senior sensei. Mala Agarwal of Mumbai.  She had a theme running through all 6 separate pieces and it was named colors of India. That evening had a Oddissi performance by Arushi Mudgal, alumni of the Gandharav Music School.  There was a short speech by Lily Zang President Ikebana international followed by a welcome dinner at the venue. The venue had an ikebana bazaar where everything needed for the demonstration was sold. My arrangement was heliconias and baby's breath done on 3 steel banana shaped plates with real bananas to balance the plates had to b...

Dec 14th 2012 Our last workshop of the year was a colourful, well-attended freestyle session. Sensei Meenu spoke about her visit to the Regional II convention, and that will be covered in a separate post. This was followed by a free expression workshop, and here are some of the arrangements. Divya used zinnias in a fishpath style Pushkala experimented with jerberas and a dry mas of swirling lines Pushkaka again.  Glass vase with a horizontal line and gladioli used tall Meenu used bulrushes tall, combining them with jerberas and dry material Trishala worked at combination vases with wide graceful bamboo lines Ashoka combined eranthemum and roses Massed jerberas - artist unknown!