Rema Kumar – Designing Textile
Woven narratives Meeting Rema was on my to do list like forever. So we finally meet at Ambara and I am thrilled to bits. For those not familiar with her work, she is a textile designerj based in Delhi. Her USP is in the creation of woven narratives, sarees and fabric...
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Koppikers Mumbai Home
A home made with love, thought and heart. The Koppikers Mumbai home is pure delight to walk through. Experience this with me.
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Home tour – Dr.Kumar & Mrs. Vasudha
A beautiful home reflecting Indian aesthetics and love for art
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Heritage home Mayagundi
Even before I enter the Heritage home in Mayagundi my eyes chance upon a beautiful Kinhal doll as big as me. Mr. Krishnamoorthy Bhat tells me that he found it washed away on the beach with just the leg showing up from beneath the sand. He had it dug up and got the...
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Coconut shell artist Venkatraman Bhat
Art from waste is taken to the next level by artist Venkatraman Bhat. It was a chance encounter with Mr B R Bhat at Venki Palimar's Chitralaya Art Gallery that led me to this artist's home. When I meet him, he narrates the incident of Mr. P R Thippeswamy's visit to...
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Girija Hariharan @2flatbrush
When I wanted to do something related to art, I just looked around me for ways in which I could include it in my life. Giving up a comfortable job, it was time to network, meet artists and conduct workshops in art, in collaboration with artists. It was in...
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Cherial Art
When I meet artist Sai Kiran Varma, what strikes me every time is his love for Cherial art and passion to take it forward. Young and dynamic, he has chucked all other opportunities to work in the revival of Cherial Art. His degree in Fine Arts from Venkateshwara...
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Vidya Vox
Well, what would you do if you had a blog and loved Vidya Vox? Ask her for an interview offcourse! Un-edited and from the heart. Vidya has found her Calling...have you? Hi Vidya, I would like to ask you a couple of questions for my blog post on you....
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Calling
Here I am sitting before the screen for the last half an hour, however not working. Instead I am advising my friend on how to overcome the stress of her hectic schedule, not snap at people around and also be creative, all at the same time. Difficult na?...
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Tesor
The review for Tesor has been on the cards for quite some time now. One of the partners Raghavendra, was an ex-collegue and a friend. But when I went to Tesor, it was for the art workshop I was having there. Their studio space has a lot of potential to be...
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Museum of Goa
The idea was not to go to a museum. It was just another beach holiday. Though we were born and brought up literally next to the beach, once you uproot yourself and live elsewhere, the beach has a special pull. And with a five year old, reason goes right out of the...
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Art For Kids
I follow the ritual of making resolutions every December to promptly break them …say by mid march or so? But this year it was different because 2017 was a little different. How different you may ask…For one thing, I started my blog ‘Strings Of Heritage’...
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Touch and Feel Vs Touchscreen
Do you remember the games you played in your childhood? For me it was scraping tender coconut fruits (Bondi) which fell off, pretending to be cooking- complete with leaves as curry and some rice from Amma. We had this nice shady place in our huge backyard with the...
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Tanjore Art
Tanjore or Tanjavur art immediately brings to mind gold, precious stones and cherubic Krishnas. It is the art of the royalty which truly flourished as it is today under the rule of the Marathas. Initially adorning walls of temples and palaces, it slowly...
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Beauty of Handmade
This was the eighth annual collective by AHH (a not for profit organization), but the first one that I attended. I had plans of being there every day but couldn't make it on the last day. It was such a colourful treat that coming away from it every day was...
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Anupama
I have always been a jack of all trades….done this, done that and everything else in between…
