From the series of small stories
Gouache on paper
Artist : B Manjunath Kamath
Via : Garnier Contemporary Arts
Hope we don’t iron us out!
(This is my interpretation.What is yours?)
Category Archives: artist
a bead for architecture
medieval village
Artist : Denise Perreault
Create a village with glass beads: a medieval village – is created by Colorado based glass beads artist Denise Perreault. In this creation she has used apart from glass seed beads; Swarovski crystals, crosses, and findings hung from antique train ram rod.
She is always fascinated by refracted light, the prisms; right since her childhood! So when her beaded glass curtains (valance) sieve the sunlight, magic is created.
come fly with me
firebird ballerina
Designer-craftisan @ Folkmanis
I was thinking if I want to give or get a gift this X-mas what it would be! Among very few things I am eyeing this firebird. It seems this puppet ballerina has played some magical tricks on me!
From a humble beginning as a sidewalk vendor on Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California; Judy Folkmanis and her husband Atis have created a puppet empire. Their realistic and heartwarming work see here.
out of box art
environment (acrylic on wood)
Artist Sukhdev Sinh Rathod @ galleries
Chemould-Prescott Road and @ Guild India
A trained painter and ceramicist young Indian artist Sukhdev Sinh Rathod ‘s ongoing interest in illusions in daily life has made him create three dimensional wall-works and contradiction between eye and mind series. In the illusionistic mode he creates three dimensional spaces- wooden boxes using acrylics.
contradiction between eye and mind-series
(watercolour on Arhes paper)
The tension between real and virtual space brings out multiple meaning out of simple objects in his art.
third world (acrylic on wood)
Besides his installation – like piantings, I love his architectural work as these installations evoke ‘still in the cabinet- but out of box feeling’!
untitled (gouache on paper)
contradiction between eye and mind-series
(watercolour on Arhes paper)
superstition (mixed media)
untitled (gouache on paper)
anticipation (mixed media)
tribal art modern gifts
Warli the tribal craft of Maharashtra, inspires these unique gifts:
warli pyramid lamp
Craftsperson Manik @ Craftsbridge
Warli pyramid lamp – A unique pyramid shaped lamp made in handmade Paper with traditional Warli painting on it.
chime warli clock (pinewood) (Manik)
The warli art depicts a group of warli women performing their traditional folk dance around the dial of the clock. The dangling wall clock is adorned at the top with a horizontal wooden section, which is also garnished with warli art. The wind chime is made from stone beads and seashells.
warli clock (Manik)
A very trendy, & colourful wall clock which has motifs of mother and child depicted in warli tribal painting.
warli desk organizer (pinewood)
Craftsperson Spellbound @ Craftsbridge
warli lamp shade (spellbound)
dazzling art
Artist Kirti Khatri @ Lemon Grasshopper Gallery
Indian artist Kirti Khatri is one of the very few people in India who practices the art of paper cutting. He works around religious themes as well as various floral designs.
Paper cutting is a craft most of us must have indulged into at some time in our school life. May be in just small measure.It is simple yet vey exciting art and craft. The art of paper cutting originated in China. See the history here and here.
There are two methods: scissor cutting and knife cutting. In scissor cuttings several sheets of paper, up to seven, are layered together. The motif is then cut with sharp, pointed scissors. Knife cuttings are fashioned by putting several layers of paper on a relatively soft foundation.
This craft has developed in different countries with its distinctive flavour. See how here.
See the modern paper cutting and traditional Chinese paper cutting and how it is done here.