Dorms were evaluated in two stages that captured both expert opinion and public approval. Professor V Venkata Rao, a brilliant artist himself and faculty coordinator of Finesse judged the entries in the first stage. The top 3 entries from this stage qualified for stage 2, the online round. Dorms were required to publicize their posts and garner the most number of likes. Dorms united in their quest to win the poker set at stake and were seen publicizing their dorm mascot posters right up till the last minute in what was a nail biting finish between Dorm 1 (Oneder Galz) who chose the name Wonder Women and Dorm 2 (Two to Tango) who chose the name Dunking Damsels. Based on the scores of both the rounds, Dorm 1 and Dorm 2 whose scores only differed by a decimal point were declared joint winners of “War of Dorms 2.0”.
In keeping with the unique dorm culture and bonding at IIMA, Finesse conducted “War of Dorms 2.0”. The competition was held as an opportunity for the dorms to show everyone else what their dorms stood for. Dorms were required to come up with a mascot that they thought represented their dorm best. The competition got intense as the dorms got their creative juices flowing. Dorms were evaluated in two stages that captured both expert opinion and public approval. Professor V Venkata Rao, a brilliant artist himself and faculty coordinator of Finesse judged the entries in the first stage. The top 3 entries from this stage qualified for stage 2, the online round. Dorms were required to publicize their posts and garner the most number of likes. Dorms united in their quest to win the poker set at stake and were seen publicizing their dorm mascot posters right up till the last minute in what was a nail biting finish between Dorm 1 (Oneder Galz) who chose the name Wonder Women and Dorm 2 (Two to Tango) who chose the name Dunking Damsels. Based on the scores of both the rounds, Dorm 1 and Dorm 2 whose scores only differed by a decimal point were declared joint winners of “War of Dorms 2.0”.
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Classrooms of IIMA saw an unusual amount of buzzing and hullaballoo on 19th of September – with coloured paper strewn all around while a group of students, professors and other members of the IIMA community sat silent, concentrating on delicate folds that lay before them. This was the Origami workshop organised by Finesse. It was a hands-on workshop where participants themselves practiced Origami with the Finesse team led by Aravind Maddireddy. Origami (derived from the Japanese words ‘ori’ meaning folding, and ‘kami’ meaning paper) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which was started in Japan in the 17th century. Since then, it has rapidly evolved into a very popular and dynamic modern art form. Broadly, Origami is the art of transforming a flat sheet of paper into a finished 3 dimensional sculpture by employing only folding techniques. Paper cutting and gluing techniques are typically considered to be outside the domain of Origami – they constitute what is called ‘Kirigami’, another Japanese paper-art form. The objective of the event was to not only introduce the participants on how to make beautiful Origami designs but even answer the Why. The event began with Robert Lang’s Ted video of ‘The Math and Magic of Origami’ where he explains the progress made by Origami over the years and its folding concepts now being successfully applied even in satellite design (interesting video, do watch it!). Aravind then explained the geometrical basis of the Origami design he was teaching the participants. The design chosen was a heart shaped jewel box and involved some intricate geometry and quite a few difficult folds. In the beginning, everyone present found it to be rather difficult; but as the Finesse team guided them through the process, they began to pick it up and even started enjoying themselves. One could visibly see the initial frowns on people’s faces slowly turn into excited smiles during the course of the workshop. The kids visiting the workshop were taught a number of intermediate level Origami designs such as a box, a crane and a dinosaur which they could easily follow. They seemed to be having a lot of fun as they sat through the full two hours of the workshop folding paper and even demanding that they be taught something more challenging at the end of it! For the two hours nearly all participants were lost in the magic of Origami. Needless to say, the event was a huge success, and even elicited very appreciative feedback by the participants, after the session. Please follow Aravind's tutorials on Origami on the Finesse website. Participants please send us your feedback on the event.
This month, we conducted a Quilling workshop for Class 8 to 10 students of Prayaas. The Prayaas students were excited about the beauty and simplicity of their Quilling works. For the Finesse team of Atul, Kanika, Sachin and Mani it was a great experience teaching and working with them. Looking forward to more sessions with Prayaas. If you would like to participate in these sessions, do drop us a mail and we will let you know when you can join. Pictures from the drawing classes conducted for the Prayaas kids in August. Finesse is now conducting art classes every alternate week for the Prayaas kids. In July, Finesse members conducted Origami and drawing classes. For most of us in the team it's the first time we have taught art to children. But it's been a wonderful experience thus far. The eagerness of the kids to learn is amazing. And there is always something new to learn ourselves as we teach them. Finesse conducted the Quilling Workshop on 21st July – its first workshop for the current academic session. The event witnessed an enthusiastic participation from the IIMA community including participation from PGP, FPM, PGPX students, professors and their family members as well. It was a hands-on workshop with participants working on their own to “quill” their own creations. Quilling is the art of using delicate paper strips to create intricate designs. The paper strips are rolled in various shapes with the help of a quilling needle which are then glued together to make decorative designs like flowers, greeting cards, animals and other shapes. The beauty of quilling is in its simplicity. There are an almost infinite number of shapes that you can roll the paper into to create some of the intricate designs. The quilling process begins with planning your design and then deciding on the shapes. With the help of the quilling needle you can then roll the paper strips and then shape them with your fingers, a quilling board or even a comb! Finally, the shapes are arranged and glued to form the design. Finesse team members Atul, Kanika and Divya introduced the participants to the basics of quilling. The instructions were hardly over, before all the participants got fully immersed in creating their own art works. The emphasis in these art sessions is not so much on creating exquisite works of art but on the expression of one’s inner self – the world of ideas, feelings and thoughts. The bonus is the art work, which one gets to finally hang on one’s wall. Watch out the events space for more such interesting events from Finesse. Participants of the event please leave your feedback in the comments section. You can also send us your ideas for future events. The first event of 2012 - 'War of Dorms', an inter-dorm flag designing competition. Each dorm on campus had to design and paint a flag depicting the dorm's unique culture (and name). The event was a brilliant success with (nearly) all dorms submitting brilliantly designed flags carrying cheeky messages, From all the entries three flags were shortlisted by the judge, 1. Dorm 13 - Dabang 2. Dorm 19 - Unees 3. Dorm 23 - Lanka (Whats with the skulls?) The teams publicized their flags on social media sites and finally 13 managed to gather the highest number of "likes" to get hold of a Poker Set. Congratulations to 13!! Watch out for more exciting events from Finesse... |