Abhushan

I have been saying Abhushan Abhushan for quite some time so you all must be wondering what exactly it is and what was I doing there. Abhushan – which means Jewelry was an international Convention on Jewellery from Grass to Gold January 28th -February 6th, 2011, New Delhi, India. With a workshop and a seminar it was a collaboration of artists, artisans, designers, scholars and students, an exchange of ideas, a combination of the traditional and the modern, functional and the aesthetic aspect of making jewelry.

I Participated in the week long workshop and interacted with International designers like Helen Britton (my mentor for the program), Tasso Mattar, Akewele Suma Glory, Andrew Keith, Charmian Inman, Paola Leal and traditional craftsman from India (not necessarily jewelers) who were sponsored by CCI (Crafts council of India).

It was a wonderful experience and am glad that I found exceptionally talented and congenial teammates to work with. From national award winning craftsman to beginners, from industry designers to trainers – It was a  nice heterogeneous group.

I learnt how to crochet (finally!!) and also how to work with sheet metal – sawing, grinding, drilling, soldering, riveting even though I was supposedly in the recycled materials group. 🙂 🙂

Here is a little teaser of my work in recycled materials..would do separate posts on metal work subsequently.

Can you guess all the materials these three pieces are made of? Come on, its very simple lets see who gets all the materials right. Fill it up in the comments.

Cheers