It was that time of the month - the 3rd Saturday when the Chennai Sogetsu branch would meet to demo and practice their Ikebana skills. The theme for this month of August was "Showing Surface with Leaves".
14 members of the group gathered at the ABK Hall. The original demonstrators Senseis Meenu and Chitra T had personal emergencies; Senseis Pushkala and Prerana stepped in to ensure that the demonstration was conducted with no hitch.
Demos by Senseis
Sensei Pushkala’s first composition was created purely with coconut fronds. She improvised a central structure with a banana stem and covered it with coconut fronds. Ingenious! Next she created circular structures, and fixed them all together
with pins. She finished with artistic stars also created from coconut fronds - a joyous arrangement springing with life. To complement the arrangement, she chose a coconut leaf-based moribund container - dried and painted.
 | | Sensei Pushkala at work on her arrangement |
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 | | Arrangement with coconut fronds |
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Sensei Pushkala's second composition was with vine (elephant vine agarius nervosa, in a glass bowl, using the front and rear surfaces to create a graceful arrangement.
Sensei Pushkala with her intricate and aesthetically pleasing arrangement with elephant vine
Over to Sensei Prerana, who was her spontaneous self, bringing her favourite banana leaf into play, and twisting it to give it drama and shape.
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| Sensei Prerna - Banana leaf arrangement |
Members' Arrangements
 | Sensei Ambika: Crab claw leaves and brown
dracena in a grey boat-shaped fibre glass vase |
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 | Sensei Ambika: Teak leaves and dracena in a
red nagiere fibre glass vase |
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 | | Sensei Molly:Palmyra palm leaf, caladium, and Song of India branch in a metal container |
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 | | Sensei Trishala: Lily, yellow croton and dracena leaves in a metal container |
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 | | Sensei Bhuvana: |
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 | | Sensei Chitra R: Philodendron leaves and statis flowers in a fiber glass vase |
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 | | Chelvi: Bird of paradise leaves used as surface with daises and philodendron leaves in a ceramic vase |
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 | | Gnanambikai: |
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 | Zeenath: Banana leaves, canna leaves & pods,
and lily leaves in a ceramic container |
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 | | Mohan: Calladium leaves in a ceramic container |
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Christine: Deiffenbachia leaves and carnations
in a ceramic moribana vase |
Grand Finale
The delightful morning ended with lunch hosted by Senseis Prerana and Trishala to celebrate their personal milestones. It was indeed fellowship through flowers, or should we say, leaves, in keeping with the theme of the day.
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