Our December meeting was held at ABK on  Saturday the 21st December at ABK with ten members .

Sensei Prerana and Sensei Trishala Vaishnav demonstrated with all green material

For her first arrangements Sensei Prerana used a large ceramic vase and arranged palms and dracena in the freestyle

Red ceramic container.Palm leaves, dracena leaves painted and silver dollar painted gold.The arrangement is to celebrate Christmas.

For her second arrangement Sensei Prerana had used a long copper tube and arranged her materials in mass.

The vase is a discarded container found in a trash bin on the roadside.Cleaned it and spray painted gold and silver to look beautiful.Used palm leaves, crotons and wild red berries.

For her first arrangement Sensei Trishala had used an iron vase and inserted pretty garden leaves  in the freestyle

For her second arrangement Sensei Trishala had used a classic ceramic container and arranged all green material in the freestyle

Members' arrangement at the workshop 

Sensei Pushkala.

Materials used  by Mrs Pushkala and the write up in her own words:

Blue ceramic  container.

1.Caladium leaves with colours on green background

2. Fully green colour Caladium leaf.

3. Philodendron green leaves.

Explanation: Chloroplast and chromoplast are responsible for developing colours in leaves. Chtomoplast will develop different colours when exposed to light depending on the genetic constitution. In the absence of light since they do not produce colours only green colour will be expressed. The composition is focussed on Caladium leaves started with green colour followed by leaves with colour and ending with green colour Philodendron. The significance of light on the development of colour is the focus.

Sensei : Molly Cherian

Luna Bose

Chelvi Gopinath

Dracena, sea hibiscus and shefflera leaves in a glass studded container to bring on the festive spirits.

Sensei Meenakshi Sarin participated in the National Abilympics Association's competition in New Delhi for the second consecutive year.Sensei Meenu's experience in her own words : The National Abilympics Association of India is a body that holds competition for  all people with special needs with all kinds of Disability. They hold competitions on 13 different skills including floral arrangements. I was the national jury for them., judging all four zones of India. This was the national event where 4 tasks were given over two days. A delegation from Russia came and 1 person participated in all skills. One participant also was there in the floral section. It was a very fulfilling experience.

 

On 28th December Sensei Chitra Thiagarajan and her student Miss Yoana Sarayu Ram unveiled a brilliant exhibition under the banner "Urban Blooms " -"A Fusion of freestyle arrangements and Architectural materials".The exhibition beautifully showcased urban building materials as containers for floral arrangements.The  creativity of Sensei Chitra Thiagarajan was a feast to the eye.

Mrs Mirnalini,mother of MsYoana had made laudable effort in creating the desired containers and in making the exhibition a grand success.25 freestyle arrangements have been curated by Sensei Chitra Thiagarajan for Urban blooms. She was assisted by her student Yoana Sarayu Ram.  

Sensei Chitra Thiagarajan was trained by Riji Sensei Malathi Pandurang, Director of Chennai Sogetsu. 

Sensei Chitra says the brainstorming  of the raw building materials into unique structures and adorning the structures with beautiful foliage and flowers has made the journey of Urban Blooms, more interesting.  The Exhibtion was inaugurated at 10.00am and went on until 9.00pm. There were a lot of footfalls for the Exhibition, throughout. And the feedback from artists and the public were amazing, which had made the event very memorable