Annapoorani

Jun 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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Goddess of food. My best yet. Took really long because, there are are complicated filigree on the "mandapam" and the crown. And I used the technique suggested by an expert and painted colours AROUND and not over the stone colours, which took a hell lot of time. However, it was worth it as the jewels have a nice shine now. Check out the shiny white border around the halo and the stones in the crown and jewels in the closeup. My camera gave me a lot of trouble clicking. The photos don't do justice to the painting. I must have inadvertently changed some setting, and I am not savvy enough to fix it.

Annapoorani

Annapoorani closeup

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I successfully enticed my mother-in-law into glass painting. I hope my F-i-l is not cursing me for unleashing a monster on him. Not bad for the first attempt, I should say:

Pillayar by the MIL

Lakshmi by the MIL

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Lakshmi,

Looks awesome!! Meera was very nice too, but this one is TOPS. I remember that you usually gift these to people. Who is the lucky one that gets the Annapoorni?

Kavi

Lakshmi replied to Momto2cuddlebugs’ comment:
Jun 11, 2008
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Thanks Mom.
Dude's aunt and uncle are the proud recipients of this one.
Someone suggested that I should sell these pieces as they would fetch me good money, since I seem to be reasonably good at this. But I prefer to gift it to people...I find it a very personal and sincere gift since it is not just tthe intention, but the time I invest in it too.
I hope I can make more and gift to all the people I know. Pretty ambitious, ain't I?

[this is good]

Amazing. This beats all your previous work (Iand MIL's is pretty good too.)

[this is good]

This one is truly beautiful (I liked the Meera painting a lot, as well). And you're right..it does make for a very personal gift. Good luck with your ambitious project!