Ikebana and us

18th February 2014. We gathered for our February meeting at ABK AOTS Dosokai where our senior member Sensei Padma Swaminathan took us through two lovely compositions, with her expressions of Valentine's Day. Padma sensei started off with a black Nagiere vase which was a little different with multiple openings at the mouth.  She used anthuriums in a striking rich red along with Baby's Breath. What resulted was this beautiful composition - which she dedicated to her wonderful, supportive family, whose love and support helped her through difficult times She then moved on to this metal container, from Indonesia, which has little containers inside, all with this same lovely design.  Sensei Padma said that there was no need to polish this as it maintained its gleam. This arrangement with wide palm leaves exemplified the love that she gets from her Ikebana world. The top view highlights the roses which stood for her Ikebana friends, wherever in the world ...

Sixteen members attended our first meeting of the year, which was also our election meeting. The Group condoled the passing away of Mrs. Remani Nambiar, a Sogetsu member from Hyderabad.  We had the honour of experiencing a demonstration from her in Chennai. in October of 2012 . Malathi sensei announced the biannual exhibition of sogetsu Bengaluru on Feb. 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and their invitation to participate in it by any member whosoever wishes to do so. She then introduced tow of our relatively newer members - Zaitoon and Kalpana. The following were elected as office bearers unanimously for the Chennai Sogetsu Study Group for the year 2014 to 2016.:- a) ChairPerson: Mrs. Malathi Pandurang. b) Deputy Chair Person: Mrs. Ambika Chandrasekar c) Programmes in charge: Mrs. Chitra Thiagarajan. d) Treasurer: Mrs. Prerana Mehta. This was followed by a demonstration by Malathi, and a workshop after that. Malathi sensei's demonstration was a nice way to begi...