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

 

Old design, new look!

hey everyone, for those of you who dont know, i just came back from the most brilliant trip to the foot hills of the Himalayas !!! i wish i could post some snaps here but i promised myself this would be a work blog so, lets see… might bend the rules this once

otherwise ive been busy with orders as usual, most of the work im doing look similar to the work i have already posted so to avoid repeats im not going to put up snaps of those. although yesterday i did make two stoles which i really really liked, so even though the snaps were taken in a rush, here they are !

Miriam, my most brilliant model has returned to the UK, so heres our friendly driftwood piece again. Anyone willing to model my stoles for me? anyone?

 

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

 

Wet and Damp – Shibori

Monsooooon

detailed view

I got another order for a variation of the piece ‘ Autumn’ . although my mother seems to think this one came out really well im beginning to think the magic of the idea is fading a bit. doing so many variations of one piece makes it difficult to have an opinion about my work. but one does need to make a living and people can only place orders by seeing my previous work.

All the same,I really cant wait to start doing some batik.

 

latest piece, Indian village scene

hi again, so i did one more piece for a client, an Indian village scene. this one took quite a bit out of me, my hands are itching to do some batik but even so i think it came out pretty well.

Indian market with cows

detailed view

its a huge piece, in a way its a good thing im making bigger pieces, now i just need to figure out what kind of pieces make people go ” i want that piece!” hee hee. so far ive got 4 pieces sitting at home doing sweet nothings. all in good time

 

Village market ( bigger and better :) )

I got an order to make a variation of the small piece ‘village market’ that i’ve shown earlier in my blog. the main conditions being that the people in it shouldn’t be typically Indian and that it should be big !! So im proud to say that after 10 days of Christmas madness and weddings galore, i finally finished it !!!!!! ( clap clap clap)

village market

Majority of the people who saw this piece could not see the cows very clearly till i pointed them out, so here is the re worked piece.

Re worked piece

 

Shibori Fish Variation

 

Ripples in Water

Colourful Carp