Utsav 2009 !! ( exhibition in Kottayam and Cochin)

i know its been ages since i posted last. Thing have been Super busy and there has been a lot of neaw work but no time to photograph any of it !!!!

Firstly, i had another exhibition in November !! I was one of the many stall owners at Utsav 2009 and it was a great privilage to be among such veterain designers. This was not an art exhibiton like the last show i had in 2008. I showcased my work in both Kottyam and Cochin, mostly stoles,cushion covers,napkin box covers, shawls etc. It was brilliant !!

Hand printing the Bags

Spice rings !

Cushions and stoles for sale

The stall !!!!!

Napkin box cover

Me helpers !!!

 

Shibori Bedspread – working big!!

I recently got an order to make a 200 cm by 200 cm shibori piece for a dubay cover. it was the first time i was working with so much cloth and it nearly drove me insane ! The colour, size, design ..everything was a challenge at that size. But the outcome at the end of it all was not too bad so there might be hope for shibori sarees and bed spreads in the future yet !

Purple swirls

Detailed view

 

Shibori Art – The Kerala Collection ‘09

And Im back with more work !

As you know i recently had an odrder to do a collection on Kerala which included stoles cushions and art. you’ve seen the stoles and cushion cover, here is what i came up with in terms of Shibori art ! as you know all the cloth is hand dyed by me using Shobori, the Japanese technique of dyeing silk.

2 Elephants during Onam

Kathakali

Karimeen 1

Karimeen 2

Karimeen 3

Kathakali 2

Spices of Kerala

Elephant among the bamboo shoots

Monsoon

 

Finally !The Kerala Collection! (july ‘09)

For all those of you who have been checking my blog religiously, Im so sorry for the long long silence. The truth is i have been working like a dog, i just haven’t found the time to update my blog.. ( oo it rhymes ! )

so without further a due, i present to you the kerala collection stoles !!! Im sorry to say non of these are for sale, they’re made for an order i received …but.. as you know i do try my best to replicate any and every piece i make, so if something does catch your fancy just let me know !!!!

( special thanks to Miriam, for modeling my stoles for me .. Love ya!!! )

Chembarathi poo

Of Granite n Moss

Blue Skys n Rocks

Indigo !

well, thats it for now….. more later !!!!!!

 

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

 

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.

 

finally some new batik exploration!

i have been wanting to start batik for months now, trying to get together all my supplies and chemicals. not to mention waiting for my small work space to get set up, now, finally, its all sort of taken shape sooo i actually began some simple explorations the other day and i was so excited with how they came out i just had to come and put them up…. so here they are, i plan to do a lot more pieces, with more variations and a lot of exploration. but for a start i think im doing ok….. trying to get a feel of the dyes …. you have to be so careful when dealing with naphthols ! ok enough typing …. on to the work !!!

piece 1

piece 2

in the above two pieces i began by exploring the tools i had. and also i tried out the dyes for the first time. mostly i was looking at thick/thin lines, brush strokes, how to get fluid lines, the effects i can achieve etc etc.

piece 3

piece 4

in these two pieces i experimented with naphthol dyes and vat dyes…. the blue/green fishy piece is done using vat dyes, and the leaf is done using naphthols.

piece 5

piece 6

if theres one thing i love its faces and expressions. so before i knew what i was doing i ended up doing these two…

 

Dancing in the Rays !!!

happy happy sunflowers !

Detailed view

Don’t you just love flowers? i recently got an order for sunflowers, and initially i wasn’t too sure how it would come out, but i later realized how lucky i truly was cos it gave me the opportunity to work with a lot of shades !!! no more reds and harsh blues !!!

my next order is for a piece with different shades of green, cant wait to see how that one turns out !

 

BAtik Factory in lanka

hi everyone, its been a really busy month and i must admit i have been ignoring my blog just a little bit, but im back and first let me start off by sharing some pics of my amazing experiance at a batik factory in Sri Lanka which is where i was for a little less than a month. i was really lucky to get the oppertunity to work with some amazing woman who have been doing batik for over 35 years. even got to do some small pieces myself.

step by step process

Some pictures from the Factory

drawing out the design

marie akka at work

my magical tools

the pot o wax

Marie akka teaching me how to make a batik pen

cloth to be dyed

the various baths needed to dye one piece of cloth

removing the wax

 

The Window –

Hi everyone ! the exhibition is finally over after 7 days of craziness the response was overwhelmingly positive, i thank all those who took the trouble to come and those of you who helped make this dream of mine a huge success i still cant get over how well it went !!!! thank you thank you thank you !!!!!!

ill be putting up snaps of the whole event soon, mostly of the inauguration .

Before the exhibition, i had made the above piece, it was one of my last and i had absolutely no time to put a pic of it up . A lot of ppl seemed to love it at the exhibition so i thought i had t put it up, its not a very good snap…. hope you can see some detail at least