Ikebana and us

 September 21st 2024 Our September meeting was held as usual at the ABK Hall on Saturday, September 21, 2024. Sensei Molly Cherian gave a demonstration on line, surface and mass and colour. Sensei Molly wowed us with her fabulous demonstration. Sensei Molly was assisted in her demonstration by Susan Sudhir. For her first arrangement Sensei Molly used Caladium leaves for surface, Dracaena branches for straight lines, metal wire for curved lines, and Hydrangea flowers for mass in a Sogetsu ceramic container.                       Next she used a red biscuit tin as an improvised container. Dry umbrella palm branches painted in black was arranged as surface, yellow Heliconia as lines and curled Pandana leaves used as mass.               For the third arrangement Sensei Molly used a rust coloured metal pot as the container to achieve ...

After 4 months it was nice to meet members face to face at the familiar ambience of ABK.  Sensei Molly demonstrated in her elegant, experienced style to bring forth the translucent nature of glass container, water and plant materials. Her first item was depicting the Fall season, where she used a sunflower, exhibiting the brown seeds more than the yellow petals and also alamanda petals only floating, leaving the scene to the imagination of the viewer to appreciate the aspects of Fall.  The second one was in a translucent container which had protrusions on one side, which she took advantage to depict Surface, of the slender  caladium leaf with its own stalk giving it a linear direction which was appealing.  The third she used three water glasses giving an ascendant/descendant structure and complimented them with ordinary materials .  The last one was in a slightly tinted vase where she used white lilies and red flowers tied together with wire and gently filled th...

 23rd March 2022 Our March meeting was on 23rd at 11.30 am via Google Meet, and included an  online demonstration by sensei Mrs. Molly Cherian. Theme for her demonstration and the subsequent Workshop was “ Nagiere, with vertical bar fixture, lesson Variation 4.  Also called the "missing style", without the Soe line, it lends itself to beautiful compositions.  16 members gathered online to watch. Sensei Molly, in her usual quiet manner, was well planned and methodical.  She explained how she chose this topic as it is important to use a vertical bar, to control the angles in a nagiere, and it is a good practise for all of us. She began with a brown ceramic vase, and showed step by step, how to set up the vertical bar.  It was a great help to all the students. Her first arrangement was Variation 4 - Upright, reversed style, with Jasmine branches from her garden and chrysanthemum flowers. She then explained that she will demonstrate slanting style in Variation ...

8th August 2020  The Chennai Sogetsu Study Group is continuing with its monthly meetings, moving them online, to deal with the restrictions and safety requirements of the COVID pandemic.  Chennai continues to be under lockdown. Our August workshop included a demosntration by sensei Molly from her home, while we all watched, connected via Google Meet.  There were thirteen participants in the subsequent workshop, whle fifteen attended the demonstration.  In her usual methodical and understated style, sensei Molly was efficiently well prepared with materials and camera set up, and began her demonstration with a round moribana vase. The theme for this month was contrasting the shape of the container in the arrangement.  So, for her first piece, sensei Molly contrasted the circular container, with geometric shapes created with the umbrella plant.  Even the Periwinkle flowes and Wax rose fruits echoed the octagonal shapes she created with the lines!  The Hel...