VILLAGE - MY 3-D MURAL

I have tried to capture a village in my 3-D mural...

A beautiful village...

complete with a hut with a pretty kolam at it's doorstep...

A Ganesha under a tree...flanked by Nagars  on his sides...

the scorching  sun on an Indian summer day...

and a bullock cart laden with hay

going to the nearest farm...

I have used a plywood for the base and worked with

glue and ceramic powder to give the raised effect

and finally gave the dried piece a metallic finish....

GEETOPADESHA - A 3-D MURAL

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"YADHAA YADHAA HI DHARMASYA...

GYAANIR BHAVATHI BHAARATHA...

ABYUTHAANAM ADHARMASYA...

THADHAATHMAANAM SRIJAAMYAHAM...

PARITHRAANAAYA SAADHOONAAM...

VINAASAAYACHA DUSHKRUTHAAM...

DHARMA SAMSTHAABANAARTHAAYA...

SAMBHAVAAMI YUGHE YUGHE..."

MEANING...

"Whenever there is a fall in Dharma(Justice)

and a rise in Adharma(Injustice/The wrong)

I shall come here...

When there is a dance of destruction 

and the principles of sustenance weaken...

I ,who am omnipresent and watching everything...

shall take control of the situation

and set things in balance...

to protect the devout /good...

raze out the evil which vandalises the Earth...

and re-establish Dharma...

I shall manifest 

in every Yugha(Era/period)...."

Thus spake Lord Krishna

in the battle fields of Kurukshetra...

to Arjuna...

who was blessed to get 

the Geetopadesha...

"Do your duty...do not expect the rewards..."

says Krishna...

Doesn't it apply 

not only to the Pandavas but to you and me too?

This is the scene that I have depicted

in my Tanjore Painting

"Geetopadesham"

Where you see Lord Krishna

delivering the divine message

to Arjuna when he hesitates to 

lift his bow and arrow against 

the Kauravas...his kith and kin 

-and also his wrong doers...

The whole piece is given a metallic finish 

and figures of Sri Krishna and Arjuna 

are painted with acrylic colors...

The base of this mural is wood...

ROSES ON A TERRACOTA POT

Here is a bunch of hand made roses

on a terracota pot...

These roses are shaped with 

a mixture of ceramic powder and glue...

and then the roses are painted 

with Pearl colors to give them a sheen

which highlights them and sets

them off against the dark background of the pot...

FLORAL POT DECORATION

Here is my decorated pot...

This is originally a dull mud pot...

which is-may be -used to store

 water in olden days...

But,in days  of packaged mineral water 

and refrigerated ice cold water,

the cool water stored in mud pots 

holds no charm today...

But ,these quaint shaped mud pots 

have found a better ,aesthetic use nowadays...

I just picked up this mud pot 

from a roadside potter...

I patiently sandpapered it...

then gave it a coat of primer 

and then a shiny coat of black enamel paint.

I let it dry well for a few days...

Then I made a dough of 

ceramic powder and glue...

(somethig with a consistency of chappati dough)

and shaped leaves and flowers with this dough

and stuck it on the pot.

Again I let it dry up naturally 

in my shady balcony for a few days...

Now the ceramic work was ready for painting...

I coloured it with acrylic colors

and gave it a shiny coat of varnish...

Now ,it is a perfect corner piece,indeed!