MoT Empanelment

I am thrilled to share a small achievement here.

Proud to be empanelled as a Designer in Textile Design with the Office of the Development Commissioner Handicrafts (Northern Region), Ministry of Textiles, India !!!

Looking forward to some incredible adventures and remarkable experiences.

A peak in the Pink city- Jaipur

Artist at work, creating a carved wooden block at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

After carving the block at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Collections of blocks to be carved at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Collections at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Collections at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Collections at Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Amer Fort view

Amer Fort view

Amer Fort view

Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Anokhi Museum Jaipur  

Anokhi Museum Jaipur

Madhubani

I have been gathering ideas and inspiration in my head and waiting for the right time to embark on a new post in this blog; but a range of activities have been in my way.. for the good of course. It began with my wonderful visit to the UK which took me back into reminiscence of London, Norwich and the charming British culture. The escapade of good food and travelling; moreover the highlights of the visit being my graduation ceremony in Norwich and a holiday in Bath and Stonehenge. 

Returning back to the routine life back home in India, I ventured an attempt into creating yet another masterpiece, the most amazing but extremely elaborate art of Madhubani hand-painting hailing from Bihar, India.

Currently it is still at a stage where the photographs don’t work well at explaining the art, it is indeed demanding a lot of patience and time from me. To be honest, even i am taking my sweet time to pursue it, looking at its intricacy and finesse which is of supreme importance. 

Mainly done on fine silk fabric, the fabric/ acrylic colours are indeed difficult to handle due to the risk of smudging and bleeding. 

Photographs of few stages of the progress shall be coming soon. Giving a glance of my piece of work. Unfortunately, it is still in an incomplete stage but I hope the images are appealing enough. I am trying to complete it as soon as possible. The constant and some unexpected travelling has kept me away from doing so.

Finished piece

Finished piece

Next step would be, getting it framed in a simple and contrast border and hanging it up in the living room.

Comments and suggestions are always welcomed!

Some more from the children's workshop

Sharing work done by my friend Anjouri Prakash at the children's workshop

Origamy

Origamy

Iris folding

Quilling

Quilling

Teaching a group of children.. what fun being amongst aspiring artists :)

Art and craft, origamy peacock, flowers, fish and butterflies

Best out of waste- flower vase bottles with felt roses

Felt coaster painted with acrylic colours and pasted sequins

Painted glass bottles

Best out of waste- paper+felt+sequins

Trying my hands on another traditional Indian hand painting art- Madhubani from Bihar, India. As Wikipedia says; Madhubani painting or Mithila painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of bihar state,India and the adjoining parts of Terai in Nepal. Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. 

Still under process, Madhubani painting from Bihar, India; on paper

Madhubani painting from Bihar, India

More images coming as and when I complete them.

Finished- Madhubani painting from Bihar, India

What have I been doing with my MA work ;)

The wall behind my bed is covered with my lovely wallpaper pieces

The wall behind my study table is covered with these

The piece cut-out left from the degree show, I so cherish it!

A combination of digital prints on silk which created this wonderful wall-hanging