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Work In Progress on Wednesday- Painting on a Kurta
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This week planning to start designing a kurta with fabric colors. I can say this as start of work , not WIP :).  Have not decided the colors. It is a white Kurta, so hoping  any combination would look good. Hope to complete it soon.White Kurat with thread work  It has thread work. Planning use the colors on thread work design itself. After many months I'm working with fabrci painting. Let us see how it will be. Closer view of thread work Two weeks back  I had posted about sospesso work on a pot as WIP. It is ready. I liked the work very much. It is really fun to work with the paper flowers. Th ..read more
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Work In Progress - Wednesday- Crochet sweater
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Crochet is the craft which I learnt in the beginning of my journey in the world of arts and crafts. My mother taught crochet. I still have some doilies made by her 60 years ago. I love the crochet. I had made many doilies, but now I don't have those with me :(. Crochet sweaters are the best gifts to babies. I had shared about the baby sweater I had made in the post : Baby sweater- Crochet. Here is the one I made : Baby sweater- Crochet work  Making similar one as a gift to another baby. This is the WIP of this week. I have chosen different colors for this sweater: Crochet sweater I'm making ..read more
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Kerala Mural-Paintings of Gods from Gods own country
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Most of us, are familiar with Kerala Mural Art. It is originated in Kerala. These paintings represent the rich and colorful  heritage of Kerala. Earlier these were made on walls of temples, depicting many mythological stories. The colorful paintings now has taken a special place in design world. It is becoming popular in dress designing, jewels designing , interior designing etc. I have already shared about the Kerala Mural paintings made on Bamboo. Kerala Mural on BambooIn Kerala mural paintings, the bright colors  and the right combination of the colors make you awestruck. The right combina ..read more
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Chitrasante-2017 - some interesting paintings
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About my visit to Chitrasante-2017 I have written in my previous posts.I have shared the glimpses of Chitrasante 2017 and Bhuddha paintings exhibited there. In this post sharing some unique paintings which were exhibited there. There were loads of paintings, each one was unique. I can share very few from those. The below ones  are the paintings of ghats of Kaashi. When I had visited Kaashi, I had seen many artists were painting sitting in a boat. This artist must also have painted in the same way. Such paintings require a lot of concentration. Ghats of Varanasi Ghats of VaranasiThese are ..read more
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Work In Progress on Wednesday-Sospeso Art
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Most of the craft lovers know about sospeso art, this is also known as 3D decaupage. Already I have done many decoupaged articles. Trying sospeso on a pot. The pot is ready with basic decoupage. Pot is ready with basic decoupage I have chosen a design of bunch of small, flowers. Each flower is very small, and it is taking time to cut and give the 3D effect. Finally that work is also completed. Flowers with 3D effectNow I have to attach the flowers to the pot. Hope to complete it soon. Will share once completed with the tutorials. Until then- Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest, -Ra ..read more
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Visit to Chitrasanthe-2017
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Chitrasante is an event which happens every year in Bangalore , organised by Chitrakala Parishad. About my last year's visit to Chitrasante, I have already written a blogpost: Chitrasante 2016 at Chitrakala Parishat- Ocean of paintings.  Chitrasante is like an auspicious event to art lovers. This year there were more than 1300 artists exhibiting their paintings. One can see everywhere paintings- the magic created by artists on canvas. It is not possible to post all the photos I have clicked in one post. Let me start with paintings of Bhuddha: Peaceful face of Bhuddha: Side view of Face of B ..read more
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Surpur miniature paintings- extinct art of Karnataka
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I was aware of Rajasthan miniature paintings and Mysore miniature painting. Recently in an exhibition I came to know about another finest art of Karnataka - Surpur miniature paintings. I met an artist, who is practising painting forms , influenced by Surpur miniature. No doubt, Surpur miniature is one of the finest art contribution from Karnataka, but it is disappearing. The artists who have learnt Surpur miniature art are shifting to other forms.Government arts academy are not supporting enough to keep the art form alive. Here are some paintings which are influenced by Surpur miniature pain ..read more
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Work In Progress on Wednesday- Cross stitch
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This week sharing about, cross stitch work, which I have started long back. This has taken too much of time. My sister is also helping me to complete this project. My mother has made same design and she gifted it to her friend. About her work I had shared in one of my posts- Inheritance . Here is the work we started: Cross stitch on 1meter X 1 meter cloth We have completed working on the main design, the two horses. Now we need to fill it with maroon threads.It won't be completed so soon, cross stitch is always time consuming and this one is nearly 1meter X 1 meter cloth. The close view of the ..read more
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Papier Mache craft of Jammu and Kashmir
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Jammu and Kashmir, which is known for its natural beauty, is also known for many handicrafts. Who doesn't know about Kashmiri embroidery? Most of us wish to own a Kasmiri carpet. If we observe all the handicrafts of Kashmir, they are  done , using very delicate designs. Another such handicraft of India, is Papier Mache work. I could collect some pictures of papier mache work , when I visited a handicrafts exhibition.The manufacturer explained about how they make  different products using papier mache.  Different products of Papier Mache The process of making Papier Mache: Normally they use fi ..read more
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