Purse in Silk Colours

This is the purse I created using water-based silk colours on Ahimsa silk. It was the first time and I was quite pleased with the results. If need be, hopefully, I will create new patterns. Lovely colours and they work well on cotton too. Worth the try for all the art lovers! 

Mediums Calling

As an artist my most preferred medium is pencil. Pencil in any form like coloured pencils, pastel pencils etc appeals to me the most. I simply love it. So sometimes I decide to just focus on it for its emotional appeal and the fact that I dont get tired of it easily. Infact, I barely have my mood swings with them. However, as much as I try to steady my mind on them other mediums make surel to pop-up their heads in the form of my own paintings hung up on the walls of my house. One look and I melt. I just cant desert them =( So, well, I think I should give up the idea of exclusivity and instead give them all my unconditional love and affection.

Lately, I have been toying with the idea of trying my hand at Pastel Pencils. They seemed 'exclusive' and I really needed to look around to get my hands on them. I haven't really possessed them yet but I do know their address now. Mercifully, its within the city limits so good for me!!! Hopefully some sketch may emerge out of it soon.

At the moment I just tried my hands at silk colours. Painting on 'Ahimsa' silk was a lot of fun. Its just a start and I am still trying to figure out the chemistry between the fabric and the colours. And its pretty interesting to say the least. Fabric pens too worked their wonders on the material and it was quite an interesting combination and kept me on the edge. Its not an easy task to handle the temperamental personalities!! But I think I am managing. So far so good.

Besides, trying out a few patterns both symmetrical and abstract I decided to paint the traditional 'leher(waves)' pattern quite common to Indian traditional-wear. To my delight it turned out pretty bold and dynamic. I intend to make a purse out of it. As soon as its done I shall upload it here. I plan to make it an all season purse to protect the fabric and allow an uninhibited use without the worry of damage.

I am pretty keen on taking project-based work. I would like to work with different mediums on various surfaces such as camvas, ceramic, paper, wood and so on so that the art can be personalized keeping in mind personal needs.

Well, thats the update for now. I see you'll soon..

The Divine Intervention!

Here's my experience for today. A calf is tied up opposite my house every single day ever since it has been born more than a month ago. Its left wailing by the 'care-takers' all day long until its brief meeting with its mother in the evening. Sometimes its left all through the cold night and no amount of requesting nor intimidating them has worked so far. Releasing the little one, keeping in mind its implications, without its mother around has kept me worried. The urbanite in me doesnt understand the animal kingdom very well.

However, today some religious samaritans decided to clean up the wall around the calf of men's incessant peeing coz it seemed to them that it 'polluted' their temple nearby. Apparently, the calf pays a regular visit with its mother and aunts to get fed by the same samaritans outside its divine premises so that they can get a chance to wash off some of their mortal sins. My question is, dont the incessant, poignant wails pollute the temple premises?!?!? I wonder if God's such a fool to listen to their prayers when their own ears are deaf to the living Gods around them.

Now the best part!! Within an hour of pasting all sorts of deities to spread the divinity, a few men inaugurated their pee sessions right under the divine supervision of Gods. Now howz that??? It seemed to me that Gods collectively showed them their middle fingers! The divine incarnations seemed to care no more either. What you give is what you get. God seemed to have said to them, "lets snoooooze together".