DECORATED LOG WORK

Here is a small part of a log

on which some are some flowers and leaves....

"Fine- so what is special about it?"

You may wonder...

What makes it special is 

not only the are flowers and leaves 

 the artificial ones but so is the log...

Guess what all has gone into the making of the log?

The base is a PVC pipe over which

ropes are bound...

then I applied a mixture of glue and chalk powder

and made marks with a knife to resemble  the barks...

Then the work was dried for a few days

and then painted with shades of browns....

and a drift wood/log is ready...

Some artificial flowers adorn it 

to make a picture perfect corner piece...

VINAYAKA- A MADHUBANI PAINTING...

                                    HERE STANDS WITH REGAL SPLENDOUR

                                    MY VINAYAKA (GANESHA) ....

                                    DONE IN THE STYLE OF MITHILA PAINTINGS

                                    OR MADHUBANI PAINTINGS AS THEY ARE

                                    POPULARLY CALLED....

                                    BRIGHT COLORS ATTAINED FROM VEGETABLE DYES

                                    WHICH DO NOT FADE THROUGH CENTURIES...

                                     DOUBLE LINES IN BLACK-INTERSPERSED WITH TINY LINES

                                     ARE USED TO SEGREGATE THE VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE  

                                     PAINTING FROM ONE ANOTHER...

                                     THESE PAINTINGS WERE ORIGINALLY DONE ON WALLS

                                     OF THE HOUSES AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES IN THE

                                      BIHARI VILLAGES IN THE DISTRICT OF MADHUBAN...

                                      ARE NOW BEING COMMERCIALLY DONE ON WOOD,

                                       CLOTH  CANVAS,PAPER ETC...WITH COMMERCIALLY

                                       AVAILABLE BRIGHT COLORS....

MY SYMBOLIC MURAL.....KRISHNA......

                                                     


                                       WHEN I THINK OF KRISHNA VARIOUS FORMS 
                                       AND HUES
                                       FLASH IN MY MIND'S EYE......


                                       THE REDDISH EARTH OF GOKULAM 
                                       WHERE HE LAUGHED AND PLAYED
                                       THE SWIRLING WAATERS OF YAMUNA
                                       THE GREEN BANKS WHERE        
                                       HE TENDED THE FLOCK
                                       THE LUCKY FEATHER WHICH 
                                       ADORNED HIS CROWN
                                       AND THE MAGICAL NOTES THAT WAFTED OUT
                                       OF HIS MAGICAL FLUTE....


                                       ALAIPAAYUTHE   KANAAAAA....
                                       SINGS MY HEART...


                    and the result is this mural -shaped by hand 
                    with chalk and glue  and   oil colors ...
                   
                    the shades  that represent Krishna....


                     and touched with glints of
                    gold and  silver.....

A COLORFUL JHAROKA

                                         A vibrantly colorful Jharoka....   
I made this replica of a a Jharoka on a cut MDF board  with ceramic powder and fevicol.
For the bright colors ,I used Pearl and Metallic colors...



         A jharokha (or jharoka) is a type of overhanging enclosed balcony used in Indian architecture, typically Mughal architecture and Rajasthani architecture. Jharokhas jutting forward from the wall plane could be used both for adding to the architectural beauty of the building itself or for a specific purpose.

        One of the most important functions it served was to allow women in purdah to see the events outside without being seen themselves. Alternatively, these windows could also be used to position archers and spies.