27 posts tagged “art”

Have been doing small reverse glass paintings on and off, and gifting them to friends of yore who have been visiting motherland from all over the world, thereby inflicting pain world wide.  After a long time, I made a big one. The Alilai Krishnan came out quite well.  The color combination was fine and the double frame gives it a rich look - which it rightfully deserves, after the pretty penny it cost to frame it.  I have done a similar painting - smaller size, some time back.  The details are clearer in the larger one, obviously, and it took more time and care to paint.

It goes to a friend's son who gets married next week. 

Alilai Krish 1

Alilai Krish 2

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Photo courtesy - dude.  You didn't honestly believe I was capable of taking such a clear picture without glare, did you?

The M-i-l now has a new hobby that, if left unchecked, is likely to spread into the son's household. Jewelery making.  If I were the kind that wears jewelry, I'd not leave her in peace until I have one for every saree I own (which is about four right now, but if I were the kind that wears jewelery, logic has it that I would have more than four sarees ). She buys "Kundan" stones at her local pet shop and designs necklaces such as these:

Red & Orange

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Some more artwork from the mater:

Emboss 2

Iskon Krish

Killer mouth ulcers precluding any form of oral communication.  5-year old darling needs to be entertained.  Visit the local store of art supplies, mime to the shopkeeper to give little knick-knacks and brick-bracks, dismantle some old, rusted bracelets and voila...

Bead necklace

Never mind that the pain in the mouth spread to the back trying to knead the beads into the slipperiest nylon thread.  At least the tribal woman is happy.

Little V and I made this holder-of-sorts from a commonly available household item.  See if you can guess what we made it with. This holder may be used to hold calling cards, or pens or flash drive...anything small, spoons..note pad....sticky notes.....recipe cards.

Pen holder

Pen stand

Card holder

Flash drive holder

Here is a side view of the stand, see if you can guess it.

Holder side view

Will the rear view help you guess ?

Rear view

Some of Vasundara's latest masterpieces.

Cinderalla

Cartoon

inspired by dude's cartoon below -

From here

And the grand finale, a gift to her aunt:

Emboss Painting

I helped her a wee bit in painting the really tiny stuff (like Krish's crown and the chain around the horse's neck), but the rest of it is hers. Even the colour choices.  The signature at the bottom left, however, I wrote.

Update: The Gitopadesam emboss looks like this when double-framed.  The photo does not do any justice to the real thing.

Gitopadesam framed

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The following is a reverse glass painting by yours truly, double framed.

Anna poorani

And while we are at exhibiting our familial artwork, find below, two emboss paintings by the mil.

May Lord Ganesha (remover of obstacles, Lord of beginnings) fill the year that has just begun with more peace and less turmoil than the past year has seen.

Ganesha

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Trinity

For the uninitiated, December is "music season" in Chennai.  A time when hundreds of concerts are held in various auditoriums across the city (mainly around the Mylapore-T.Nagar area), a literal heaven for music lovers. The music is 99% Carnatic with a few others thrown in for variety occasionally.