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Oct workshop report

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Janaki receiving her cerificate We had an eventful meeting in October.  It was well attended by some seventeen members.  Venkatesh, a rare bird joined us from Mumbai. We missed Pushkala who was unable to come. Meenu sensei first gave a detailed description of the Delhi trip.  The exhibition was very impressive and our members had a wonderful trip, which was a bit rushed, but enjoyable indeed.   The pictures are up on Flickr via a link Malathi sensei then gave away the student certificates to Janaki Trishala and Prerana. We were introduced to the very talented Padma sensei, formally, as Malathi sensei proceeded with her methodical introduction of all members.   Trishala gets her certificate And Prerana too We then had an interesting slideshow from our member Chitra on Lines and Colours in Interior Design. There was an active discussion on how these principles apply to Ikebana as well. The topic of Chitra's slideshow Chitra explains th

Delhi Exhibition 2013 - a set on Flickr

Delhi Exhibition 2013 - a set on Flickr More pictures from the cameras of Malathi sensei and Chelvi.

Delhi exhibition - more photos

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Thank you Chelvi for the photos via Meenu!

Taking part in the Delhi Sogetsu exhibition

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At the opening ceremony The Chennai Study Group members who took part in the exhibition Sensei Molly with her arrangement Chelvi and her basket arrangement Sensei Vaishali stand with her creation Sensei Dally and her arrangement We are awaiting more pictures of sensei Meenu and Pushkala's work!  It will be posted as soon as it is received.

September fruits

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Sensei Meenu demonstrates morimono 18th Sept Our 200th blog post and we celebrate with fruits, Sogetsu style. We had a good turnout at the September workshop at ABK-AOTS Dosokai, but disappointingly, only a few of the participants tried their hand at arranging fruits the Ikebana way. Sensei Meenu used pineapple for mass, and the apple indeed added colour to her fruit plate. Sensei Meenu's arrangement O Sensei Molly's summer harvest, complemented with the periwinkle Chitra experimented with using the pumpkin as a container Janaki used banana flowers as her main lines Apples in a row By Kalpana A large contingent also attended and took part in the Delhi Sogetsu annual exhibition, and details will be up soon, where Chennai Study Group interpreted "Peace".