This is one of the projects that I am working on, and at times I have a tiny assistant to keep me company.
Friday, 10 April 2020
Lock down, And A Flashback!!
This is one of the projects that I am working on, and at times I have a tiny assistant to keep me company.
Friday, 22 February 2019
First Post Of 2019 !
February is nearly over, and here I am with the first post of this year! It has been productive this far, in terms of learning a style of art that I wanted to, for so long. The traditional style of Kerala mural art.
Here is a sneak peek at the one I am doing. The experience has been so rewarding! Being in the company of people who share similar passions, who speak the same language, understand the daily struggles ...
The greatest blessing was that we got someone so gifted in the art to instruct us.. especially since it was exactly what I had been seeking for more than 2 decades!!
The rest of my work as been a bit slow, but with a few orders already, I will have that side of things ticking along too..
I am at that stage where shutting down self-doubt has become a bit easy..of course it must have to do with being on this path for more than 7 years, and knowing that this is where I want to be.
So will be soon posting the projects I have completed so far.
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Birds Of A Feather
I decided to join some sewing classes, though it is really not a joyous process where I am concerned! But the people I met there became good friends, on a similar creative bend, and their company was a great joy.
I also made a time share arrangement of the space to conduct my art workshops. And again,it became the ground to meet some really interesting folk.
It has been but a few weeks, and it feels like I have known some of them forever. It has been a chain reaction of sorts, and has led into an even bigger opportunity, to learn something that has been my dream for a couple of decades now!
What THAT is,I will reveal by and by. Here too, meeting people with similar tastes and passion for art, discussions and sharing experiences, it has been a truly amazing couple of weeks ...
Meanwhile, for my workshop, I started with Warli art, and plan to introduce other folk art like Madhubani, Kalamkari - mainly the motifs on that, since the original style cannot be done through workshops, and different mediums like charcoal art .
A few pics of theWorkshop
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Vacation, Settling in And Back to Work
It was astonishing to see the progress, the huge number of sky scrapers dotting the horizon, the Corniche-changed, yet the same, the old Sheraton made diminutive by it's towering neighbours and every single road, and by lane, just filled with vehicles.
It was great to see the Heritage village and the work that is going into preserving and documenting the bygone era. On the other hand, the huge advancement in infrastructure and rapid changes on the landscape including demolition of old institutions like the Popeye restaurant, the Amani shop, Sana, the New World Center, just made us feel like we were visiting a new place, and not one we had built memories over three decades!
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Gadget Problems
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
#Earringchallenge Weeks 5 to 12
It is the week 13 into the earrings challenge, and I have managed to post a piece, albeit by the skin of my teeth, a couple of times. I have seen a few people do the same, but this was just a personal challenge to see if i can stick to something for a whole year ! The only thing that I found vexing, is when I have projects that have totally different supplies out, it is tough to switch to jewelry supplies every few days in that tiny work spaces. It takes a lot of organisation, and a juggling to keep all of the stuff in that same space.
So here are the earrings in random order, weeks 5 to 10.

It has been fun to make them as varied as possible. I had repeat orders, and it is never easy for me to get multiples of the same. Mainly because I do buy my supplies in variety rather than bulk.
Few days ago, I did get an order for multiples, and thankfully, I had enough of everything to get them done, Also it was ordered before I put away the supplies. So that was a breeze ! Almost makes me want to do all of the elements myself!

These are the earrings of week 11 and 12. The frames are ready made. But they have both been popular designs.
I am getting more orders on variations of the above designs. But they will be limited editions because I do not believe in making things in bulk. The whole point of handcrafting many of my elements is so that it cannot be available elsewhere.
It is vacation time for my daughter, and I find that it is tougher to stick to a schedule, than it was when it was her exams ! The next few weeks of sticking to the challenge, is going to be.... yup, Challenging !!
Check my Facebook page, to see how I fare..
Monday, 26 February 2018
Handcrafted Cold Porcelain Focal, Inspired By Clay Embroidery
The first thing that I was thinking of, when I started this piece, was an earthy palatte of colours that is my favourite. I took pains to ensure that the designs would not seem similar to a couple of pendants, I had done in similar colour tones, before.

While the technique was inspired by the ever popular faux clay embroidery, it is not truly the same as that. It is slightly reminiscent of a henna design , even when it is colourful.
Once the clay design was set in , It was time to add the rhinestones. I find a few aesthetic placements of the bling better, rather than going overboard with it.
Finally, when it was done, it felt like there was still there was something lacking. Since the design was inspired by a mehendi style design, I decided to accent the dimensional design with a few tints of brick red.
I also edged the side with the similar design, with also some raised accents .There are a few amber colour rhinestones, hence when I picked out the simple wooden beads, shaped like rice grains, again, earthy and organic to complement the feel of the pendant - I picked a few amber beads also to create the accents on the necklace.
While I do go off a tangent and sometimes just put together a design, this was one of those that I took a long time to find the right fit. I hope that I was able to do it justice.
