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This year I kept a very simple and small golu for Navaratri. A golu is an arrangement of dolls on steps that celebrates women power (Shakti), creativity and positivity for 9 nights. I typically create thematic displays that you can see in my older posts – Knowledge, What is heaven, Storytelling, Psychology of green, etc.…
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When I saw images of gold shell earrings and gold plated starfishes at the end of June on the Jcrew website, I couldn’t believe myself. Why are people making and wearing shell earrings again, I wondered for the trend had lapsed in 2021. But a quick look at WGSN’s Instagram pointed me towards the Mermaidcore…
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During a recent industry attachment programme with the Chennai Photo Biennale foundation, Chennai, I was introduced to Cyanotype. Cyanotype printing is an analogue photographic printing process that produces a distinctive blue colour. The process was developed in the 19th century by Sir John Herschel. The process combines iron salts to create a UV light-sensitive solution…
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During the lockdown of 2020, I created a ceramic and stone bead necklace with tassels. I used the ceramic art bead from Claycult Cambodia as my focal. I combined it with stone beads that I bought at Rameshwaram, Czech beads that I got during a bead swap, and Indian glass beads. The Bantaey Srei necklace…
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It has been several months since I participated in a blogging, jewellery or art challenge. So I decided to switch things up a bit this month by participating in Art Elements upcycle theme challenge with an artistic item. It all started with an old plastic plate that has been in my house for ages. It…
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Welcome to the third post of the Bejewelled travel series. When I wrote the first two posts, I had hoped that the pandemic would have eased by now allowing as to travel. However, that is not the case with surging number of cases in India and its pains me to no end. Seeing the statistics…
