Regular readers of this blog or followers of Sayuri would know of the original chithiram collection and my association with Raja Ravi Verma’s paintings. when I was gearing up for this edition collection, I conducted a poll on FB asking people what they wanted to see in the new line. A lot of them, requested Ravi Verma inspired pieces and so I decided to deviate a bit from my theme and include them. Here are the two designs
Damayanthi, was a princess of the Vidarbha kindgom and legendary beauty who fell in love with King Nala, an intelligent, handsome and brave warrior by hearing swans talk about him. Nala fell in love with damayanthi the same way too. (Another instance of Purva raga) But the gods would have nothing of it and goad Nala into convincing Damanyanthi to forget him and choose one of the other Gods as her partner, at which he fails. Even when all the Gods are disguised as Nala, She picks Nala correctly and marries him. After a few years of blissful life, one day, due to a curse, Nala looses everything in a gamble, runs away, abandons his wife and gets poisoned and becomes a dwarf. How Nala and Damayanthi fight against all odds to come together and find each other, forms the rest of the story of NalaCharitram. (history of Nala)
My Damayanthi necklace, shows Damayanthi talking to a swan in a painting by Raja Ravi Verma. I have made it as a Glass pendant and set it in shiny silver bezel. The necklace has fabric beads to make it more exotic.. The chain closes with a novelty red and blue toggle clasp. Length excl pendant -22″ , pendant drop – 2.5″.
The next one is based on the painting called, Here comes papa. It shows a young mother with a child on her waist, waiting for her husband to come home. Ravi Verma’s painitngs give incredible details about textiles and jewelry and in this painting, you can see the sheerness of the muslin and the gold thread weaving used in the Malayalee Mundu or the mundum-neriyathum worn by women from Kerala. I got to see many of his originals paintings very recently during my trip to Vadodara. The fashion designer in me, was in the seventh heaven there, trying to figure out the probable weaves and fibres used to create textiles those days.
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Here comes papa Necklace– A painting of Raja Ravi verma decoupaged on an painted upcycled sunglasses lens, bordered with rhinestones. Polished glass beads, crystals, safety pins and novelty leaf clasp complete the necklace. Length excl pendant -21″ , pendant – 2.75″
So how do you like these pieces? They both are available for sale
Will get back with the pieces created based on mythological characters later this week
Till then
I hope you find it interesting
Cheers
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