Silk Shibori Stoles/Scarfs 2meters by 21 inches – FOR SALE

Im sure most of you have noticed i have been slapping my ‘for sale’ sign on practically everything off late… thats mostly because i recently realized no one knew they were for sale! so heres me announcing… ahem …

Everything you see here is for sale(stoles, cushion covers and art) , If an item is already sold, i do take orders and can make you one that closely resembles the one that you liked in which ever colour combination  you like. Also i can send your item to you . So, if interested please feel free to contact me

Royal Reflections

Cool Blue

Wood grains

 

Silk Shibori 12 by 12 inch Cushions – For sale ( in case your wondering :) )

I’ve come to the conclusion that i love small cushions. they’re just so nice to hold and throw about. the big fellows tend to take up space, almost act like pillows but the smaller fellows are just right, fitting into all the right  nooks and cranny’s . Actually i like really small cushions or really really big ones !! like floor pillows !!! now theres a plan !

anyway back to the here and now….. i present to you…. 12 by 12 inch cushions !!!!!

Cool blue

Half n half

Forest green

rust

deep maroon

 

One Giant Batik ! ( 2 colour )

well fine, for some of you this may not be GIANT but its the biggest piece i’ve ever done …. its exactly a meter in breadth and about 44 inches in length if my memory serves me right . In this particular one i have taken  Khadi  cotton cloth and dyed it in two colours, yellow and then black, using napthol dyes . hopefully bigger and better ones to come !!!

i love donkeys, and i love the beach, and well, if you ask my why i chose to do a donkey above a cluster of shells, i could go in to quite a bit of explaining. And for once i don’t really feel like explaining my work, feel free to derive you own reason as to why there is a donkey and shells

A Crab hee he

Detailed view

 

Spirit Stoles

Finally here are few of the stoles we made during naf ’s visit home!! As you can see we pretty much tried a range of techniques, tried a few new, explored a few old, it was a fun experiance, im certainly doing things a bit differently. i love it when people come and ideas are churned about all the stoles are made form pure silk, about 2 meters in length.

Tropical waters

Indigo blossoms

Flame of the forest

Of earth and elephants

Celestial Crop Cirles

ALL STOLES ARE FOR SALE .CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS.

 

Playing around with Tassels !!

Recently someone gave me the one bit of really useful feedback ive had in a while, she suggested i add tassels to my shawls… Recently someone gave me the one bit of really useful feedback ive had in a while, she suggested i add tassels to my shawls… until now i was stitching all four sides , i cant believe it never struck me to put tassels !!! so i immediately got to pulling out threads and tyeing them up in what ever way came to mind and voiluntil now i was stitching all four sides , i cant believe it never struck me to put tassels !!! so i immediately got to pulling out threads and tyeing them up in what ever way came to mind and voila !!

plaited tassels

Tied Tassels

beaded and tied tassels

 

When Nafisa came to town !!! :)

Recently a friend of mine from college came down to Cochin to help me out with work, we did everything from my regular shibori silk dyeing, to batik to bringing down my table loom that sadly we never found the time to set up (much to my fathers disappointment ) plus a lot of little experiments in between sooo even though this entry does not consist of work as such, thought id share the experiance!!

1)Nafisa Waxing her poncho 2) finished waxed poncho

oh and thats my studio !!!! there will shortly be a huge mural and the wall you see there… anyone wants to help out is always welcome, brushes and paint provided

dont you just want to dive into this snap???? bliss !!

Shibori and Batik - intitial stages

Rays cutting through millions of tinted glass pieces... lamp love.

this was taken on our visit to jew street, fort kochi. there were scores of snaps taken but cant put them all up here… all in all a brilliant brilliant time !!! loved every min of it !!! as for the work done, stay tuned, will be posting that seperatly ciao !

 

Reflections on Water (silk stoles) – Part 2

Here are my Latest pieces. Again, would love to know what you think. All the stoles are made from pure silk.

pure silk – Arashu

Black Pearl – silk stole

One of my favorite

Oceanic Blue

Subtle Contrast

ALL ITEMS YOU SEE HERE ARE FOR SALE. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

 

Trying my hand at Shibori stoles – 1

I finally got around to putting  snaps of my stoles! I Gave up on trying to find a model and finally settled on this beautiful piece of driftwood that has been sitting in my room ever since i can remember,cant believe i didn’t notice it before.

These pieces are not entirely silk, i believe they’re a polyester and silk blend and are about 2 meters in length .

silk polysester blend - stole 1

polyester and silk blend - but i like this one

sunset

more coming soon !!!!

 

Cushion Pairs – patchwork

These are my favorite cushions so far… i think its the colours. it could be the change from the others I’ve been doing but there just something rather cheerful about them.

Me hippy cushions !

black and white

explosion of colour

ALL CUSHIONS ARE FOR SALE.PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS.

 

march 2009 – cushion madness !!!!

sorry for the really long break, for those of you who want to know…. i went to Goaaaa !!! decided i needed a holiday so went with my cousins and a common friend…. ah but this is not the place to talk about that… all i can say is i plan to be returning there pretty soon, the beach calls to meeee ! hee he

so on to my work, the moment i came back i got cracking at my cushions again, i was hoping the trip would be inspirational but all i came back with was a huge hole in my heart the size of lanka where the sea, sand and palolem was.

seem to be getting side tracked…. ill just show you what ive been up to….:)

set of six

My favorite colours (set of six)

set of five

Other than making sets of cushions like a mad woman, as you can clearly see above… i also got an order for four 18 inch cushions recently based on a previous design.

reddish orange and black

the oh so famous star burst

well , thats it for now. let me know what you think, it can be one word to an essay. your comments are always welcome.