I.I. Melbourne

I.I. Melbourne

Sunday 14 May 2017

MAY MEETING

At the 9th May meeting a demonstration was given by Toula Karanikolopoulos. The theme of the meeting was origami. Toula created a paper sculptural form to which she attached small origami shapes. She had dyed the paper as well as moulding it to wrap around the unique ceramic vase which she had also made herself. 


Toula made a large arrangement of New Zealand Flax leaves and purple Singapore orchids to coordinate with the colours of the paper form.

The guest speaker, an origami expert, was unable to attend and Christopher James gave a demonstration of techniques for manipulating paper to use in ikebana arrangements.


In this example above, he has made straws from newspaper and included them with dried agapanthus flower-heads and fresh dietes leaves.

Below are other arrangements made by members at the meeting.





Lara Telford.



Emily Karanikolopoulos


Betty Karanikolopoulos


Elizabeth Angell


Margaret Wilson


Philip Keon


Marjorie Campkin-Smith


Thea Sartori


Eugenia Chudacek


Lee Johnstone


Nicole MacDonald


Marcia Lamrock