Ikebana and us

  Our First meeting of the annual Sogetsu Calendar was held at the ABK centre on Saturday the 6th of July. Our Chairperson Mrs Malathi Pandurang had invited the new Consul General of the Embassy of Japan in Chennai Mr Muneo Takahashi and his wife Madam Mrs Mitsyo Takahashi.Thirteen members participated in this meeting.      Sensei Meenakshi Sarin welcomed the chief guests in her address Mr Takahashi also briefly addressed  the members. Sensei Pushkala had invited Dr.P.D Gupta for this demonstration of hers. Together Sensei Pushkala and Dr.P.D Gupta have brought out many publications on a wide range of subjects including the adverse effect of  certain  lighting on the human body and infertility .       Our Chairperson introduced the new Consul General and his wife and also our demonstrator Sensei  Dr Pushkala and thus began the meeting. The theme for her demonstration was " Significance of lines in Ikebana". For her first arrangement...

25th September 2021 It was once again time for our online monthly meeting via Google Meet.  This month, our recently qualified sensei Chitra Thiagarajan was going to give a demonstration on the challenging theme of exhibiting surface, line and mass in a single composition.  Members were excited and challenged by the theme, and we all looked forward to Chitra's interpretation. After ensuring that the camera positions and the video and audio were fine, we were ready to go.  About 15 members had logged in, and Chitra was her smiling confident self.  She began her demonstration with a moribana on a small ceramic plate, with a banana leaf, propped up from behind, to show surface. Explaining what she was doing, and working quickly and deftly, she added the lines of the umbrella plant, to bring movement and drama to the composition and finished off with Alamanda flowers as a mass.   By Sensei Chitra T - Banana leaf, umbrella plant and allamanda flowers -  in a cer...