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...

We had a delightful time with three of our members demonstrating their style.                                                                                      Sensei Dally Vergis                                                              Sensei Dally Vergis did a beautiful arrangement using Aspidistra, Pandanus, Lily, and Bixa orellana in soft stone containers.  Sensei Prerana Mehta never fails to impress us with her unconventional materials. Her first arrangement using hand crafted paper tubes, lily and Gypsophilia in a ceramic blue container was very innovative.             ...

Our Director Reji Mrs Malathi Pandurang was invited by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, to give an ikebana demonstration. The presentation was thus named “Aesthetic Practice in the Art of Ikebana” and took place on the 9th of March.  Our Director had invited the non-Senseis in our group to assist her and also participate in the program. After introducing the origin of Ikebana and the classical Schools, she spoke on how it moved from the Buddhist temples to society and gave birth to the Modern Schools namely, Ohara and Sogetsu by about 1926 and 1927 respectively. Sogetsu maintains the 3 main Lines Shin, Soe, Hikae and by their heights and angles form a triangular structure for the students to begin mastering the technique as well as being close to natural processes. Further Art principles like Shape, Form, Colour , Rhythm, Texture,  was incorporated to define it as an Art. The Concept of ‘The Beautiful’ is a Universal one, and to create it we resort to aesthetics , which ...