Showing posts with label earthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earthy. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2008

Embroidered & appliqued Sunset made with silk & wool rovings


Inspiration for this wallpiece came from an actual sunset seen from my balcony. By the time I made the background,the ideas for the composition kept changing & reshaping. Some wool & silk rovings went under a layer of tissue. Some were overlapping. An orange hillock appeared. Woolen & silk tassels cut from left over fabics came in handy as grasses. The lowermost layer is of khadi silk. The trees are in the process of being made, using yarn & embroidery. It's all handstitched, without using any glue. I shall be completing the picture in a few days with little more embroidery added to it. I find such work extremely soothing for my nerves...almost like meditation!!

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Indian Sari Blouses

Above: lower portion of a 'kurta' became a blouse. The eyelet was actually a portion of the kurta that was stained & had to be removed!



Above: A woven 'dupatta' with tassles converted into a sari blouse. Tassles are intact on the sleeves.


Above: Cholis (sari blouses). The emphasis is on the back & sleeves. Some of the backs are original fronts of 'kurtas'.

Above: My daughter wearing a blouse designed by me from antique scraps on her wedding reception. The sari is hand woven with a white gold border.







Thursday, December 21, 2006

Latest Work

This is an effort to restoresome of the antique pieces of embroideries & laces(combined with a few made by myself a few years ago)in a form of apliqued collage.This one will be framed for a longer life.

The "saaya" photographed earlier has been cut & the embroideries salvaged,appliqued & framed.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Butterfly & Moths

Above: Butterfly using beads & black net.

Above & below: Butterflies & moths on cushion covers.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

WE LOVE HERE






"Here are images of 2 charming picture frames my mother made for me & my friend Sonia. Ashwin's my husband & Manoj is Sonia's husband".

Saturday, November 04, 2006

PICTURE FRAMES MADE FOR FRIENDS






I took these photographs of my mother's work while I was in India. The Monsoons were on & it was overcast most of the time. When I came back to the US, I was dismayed to find that the lack of light (& my carelessness at compensating) had caused a lot of the pictures to come out too dark to publish :(
Anyhow, these are the ones where the subject matter, even if not a 100% clear, is still visible.
My apologies.