Furniture from Mozaic
Can you look away from the beauty of this shell or a chair by the sea which rocks too! I can’t.
Category Archives: re:India
carry me
nine nights
view from zanana, feminism, doli
me and my pet, untitled, the frenchman’s house
distant boat, lady in pink, behind the plants
Navratri-nine nights, the Indian festival is going to end tonight. Different parts of India celebrate it differently. (How and why see here, here and here.)
But mainly, nine forms of Shakti (power) (metaphor for goddess Durga) i.e. female divinity are worshipped.
Here is my modern way to celebrate navratri with nine Indian women artists’ work on canvas about women’s -emotions, situation, modernity, entrapment and hopes…..
I am no straight pillar
Innovative stone and brick twisted columns.
Goa based Mozaic‘s traditional architecture rendering in a holiday home where verandahs and innovation with local materials rule.
mud slinging
↑For no reason this is my mood today ↓! What design is drawn?
This beautiful photograph is courtesy lens of Sunder Iyer. A post on his amazing talent a little later.
modern twist to traditional craft
I have never seen such cotemporary renderings of a traditional art and craft.
The modern twist to Bidri work is simply stunning.
The art of inlaying silver in a dark metal is called Bidri.
The designers Suryaprakash Gowda and Vikram Sardesai are among those who define modern Indian lines.
Bidri candle stands
Bidri plates
These Indian designers based in Bengaluru, with their dedicated team under the name of Design Core India take lacquer work, stone inlay and Bidri work from traditional Indian handicraft and adapt it in such a way that the final product becomes breath-taking!
Bidri candle holders and trays
Bidri Keychains
Elegance of these stone inlay work is indesciable ?
stone inlay plates
stone inlay plates
While you are on their website do not miss lacquer work . Their recycled products are a different story altogether. I am doing that but a little later.
To know actual process of Bidri work (in detail) and links to traditional Bidri work keep reading…