Ink

Tassel up

 Made to pin up with a tassel!

Rakhi

This is the first time I make rakhis for my dear brothers and packed them with hand made cards and a lovely message. Happy Rakhi!

 

Talk to my hand

Talk to my hand...
and my hand will give all the answers!

Worked on these illustrations for a recent project. A marriage, a fusion of traditional henna patterns with hand signs - the latest trend.

Virtual Fragrance

Mumbai Love

MUMBAI, not just a city of dreams but of reality and existence... 

For a recent project, I illustrated these monuments that are an identity of this city where dreams come true.  

Mondays at the Market

I like going to the market on Mondays. Its a start full of inspiration for the long week!

The Crawford Market, one of my favorite places since I have come to Mumbai. For four years I was studying my grad school right next to Crawford market and then when I was in Ahmadabad for my masters, I always looked for reasons to come to Mumbai and visit the vast market. Today when I live in the suburbs, in-spite of it being far away, I do not find any other market as interesting, as convenient and as friendly as the Crawford market.

From fruits and vegetables to dry fruits and chocolates, paper and colors to beads and jewelry, threads and fabrics to clothes line and laundry bags, bulbs and lanterns to pens and books, poly bags and china made toys to leather belts and luggage bags, party decorations and art frames to  hardware equipment and machinery, cutlery and dining sets to kitchen and table linen, curtains and beds to anything and everything.

And it is more fun when shopkeepers know you as you are a frequent visitor :) 

Colorful Blots

Today Google doodle is dedicated to Hermann Rorschach, known for the famous Rorschach Ink Blot Test for psychoanalysis.

As a kid, I loved making such blots and I still do...
What I like is the fact no two blots are alike, they are accidental and cannot be controlled. They are magic! These blots make you think beyond reality, they extend your limits of visualization and creative thinking.

On the birth anniversary of Harmann Rorchach's I get to post some colorful patterns I developed using the blot technique.

Terry Trailor

My first exploration of terry with some indigo and madder!
Yeh toh sirf trailor hai! Picture abhi baki hai..mere dost!

with Cocktails?!

These linen squares with a little crochet detail will be good to accompany with cocktails?

Recently made these set of cocktail napkins and now waiting for an occasion to use them! On the soon approaching birthday may be?! 

Water COLOUR or COLOR?

In school I learnt the spelling as COLOUR. I do not know when it became COLOR. Aarghh...now it is so confusing! MS word does not accept COLOR and emails show a red line with COLOUR. Internet reads COLOR while books have COLOR and COLOUR both. 

I just like it, be it COLOR or COLOUR. 

Here is some water color/colour from this week's work.

 

 

Butterfly Paper Clips

Do you like pattern-full and colorful stationery? I love it! Like I have these colorful rubber bands and patterned binder clips. Found a box full of tatted butterfly paperclips yesterday. I made these about three years back and had forgotten completely. But now they are up on the blog :)

You like?

Another wedding card...

I love designing wedding cards and last month I had a chance to design a wedding card for one of my friend. Made a pattern of stylized lily motif all over and colored it with auspicious hues of turmeric- the Indian Holy Powder. 

Wishing 

Harshal and Liana

a lifetime of love and togetherness. 

Ready to post

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, 

   Whispering 'it will be happier'...”  by Alfred Tennyson

Do you believe in 'end of the world'? Ah! Me?? O! May be yes, but not today! :)

My New Year cards are ready to post. Are they rocking enough? Do let me know!

One more @ Neiman Marcus

They call it the 'Imperial Peacock', one more of my beaded runner design at Neiman Marcus :)

Others are here and here. 

Ziaa

One of my design at Neiman Marcus YaY! :) and more love for paisleys ! Like it?!

Ziaa or Zia means 'design' in Baite language. Learnt this during my two moths of Meghalaya exploration. Biate is a Mizo tribe residing in Saipung area in the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. 

Do you remember one more of my beaded runner here..

Illustrated me :)

I illustrated my name on the cover of my sketch book a few months back! The book is over now and I've started with another one. 

My New Tactile Resume

I was bored with the boring paper resumes, so thought how about having a fabric resume? 

And yes, the thought materialised with printed poplins backed with leftover khadi, ikats, blockprints and some dobby weaves; to be rolled and tied like scrolls :)

PS: Resume on request :P 

Cutting Chai

I love coasters. Recently made these coasters and named them "cutting chai" as they are made of "cutting" wastes :D and I am more of a chai person!   

Tassel-ed

I've been tassel-struck lately...!! 

 

Pictures show detail of the shopping bags that I'm currently working on.

PS: Just realized that blogspot.com changed to blogspot.in!!! aarrgghhh !! :|