Taking part in Chris Lim's workshop in Bangalore

11th and 12th June 2019
Bangalore

Ikebana International Bangalore chapter organised a demonstration of Sogetsu Ikebana by Mr. Christopher Lim from Singapore on June 11th, 2019, accompanied by a beginners and advanced workshop on the 12th of June.

Five of our members Sensei Molly, Dalley, students Chitra, Mala and Mohan attended the programme.

Chris Lim did several compositions without kenzan and cross bar support. And finally a large one. Here are the pictures taken by members.









At the end of the demonstration.
 The workshops involved smaller compositions with focus on the techniques, balance and fixtures.  Sensei Chris used local material for this.









Mala's arrangement in the workshop, with a beautiful display of lines.

Mohan's bold interpretation with the same materials.
In the advanced workshop, the focus was on creating structures that show movement.  Participants were asked to use dry branches and natural wood to create movement in the structure itself.  Sensei Chris expected minimalism and strong focus on movement.

The advance workshop, with sensei Dalley's composition showing movement in the foreground.
Chitra Rajan's advanced workshop composition - Strong bold movement with the wood as part of the composition.


Members of the Chennai Sogetsu Study Group who attended, with Sensei Chris Lim after the demonstration.


Comments

Sandra Westcode said…
Beautiful creations of Ikebana works!! Well done to the Bangalore Chapter. I am a great fan of Mr Chris Lim Sensai and I follow his creations which is very artistic and unusual from most other Ikebana demonstrators. Love his designs. You all are very fortune to have him to come over. We are trying our best to bring him over to conduct and do demonstrations for our ladies / chapter.
Mrs Malawi said…
Great photos Congratulations to the Chapter. We have heard a lot about Mr Chris Lim Sensai and seem his amazing works We were very fortunate to be able to see him live in Taiwan during the Asian Conference and his hands are like magicians!! You all are very blessed to have him come to your chapter. I wish our dream will come true too
Mrs Martin Woodworth ( USA ) said…
Wonderful web site your chapter has done. Love the articles and the amazing photos shown. The photos of the demonstration by Mr Christopher is very inspiriting and interesting . We are great fans of his Ikebana works and we do follow his travel demonstrations. He is from Singapore I think. Thank you very much for sharing and showing his work. Keep it ups Bangalore Chapter!!! Thump Up!!
Bowiskey : Berlin said…
Great website you all have and beautiful photos too. I particularly like the workshop photos of Christopher .He conducted beauty work of ikebana from the photos that you all had share. Keep it up Bangalore chapter and love to see more photos of his works. Our chapter is not very rich so we can't afford to bring him here, but we are saving up.