It gives me great pleasure to announce our first batch of Summer Craft Adventures for this year..all excited as we plan to teach lots of good crafts that can be done even as adults.
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Saturday, 3 January 2015
Happy New Year! :)
2014 has been a happening year for Kalavishkar...we started in March and have been happily busy since then with lots of work! Thank you for all your support and encouragement...we thrive on it all!
Wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous 2015! !
Wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous 2015! !
Life of a Doily
Found this beautiful poem on the internet
Photo credit : Kalavishkar's crochet doily
Photo credit : Kalavishkar's crochet doily
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Merry Christmas! :)
A belated Merry Christmas to you all...hope you're enjoying the festivities and time spent with family and friends! :)
Kalavishkar is never short of ideas...so the things that we did for Christmas that sold out at the Annual Handmade Collective that happened early in December :
1) Cross-stitch greeting cards -- Christmas tree, Jingle bells and Reindeer motifs -- these patterns we found on the internet
2) Cross-stitch snowflake keyholder -- again, found this pattern on the internet
3) Tatting doily - snowflake keyholder
Do try doing these yourself...handmade gifts always have more value in the eyes of the receiver! :)
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Member - A Hundred Hands
Mum and I are proud to be associated with 'A Hundred Hands', a non-profit organization which brings together artists and artisans who work with their hands.
We join them as Cross-stitch and Tatting artists! :)
Cross stitch
Cross-stitch is one of the oldest forms of embroidery and can be found all over the world. This cross-cultural, counted-thread embroidery technique starts with a simple X shaped stitch that is commonly embroidered with floss on an evenweave fabric. The cross stitch is repeated numerous times to create a design.
Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish items like dishcloths, household linens, and doilies in which only a small portion, such as a border, would actually be embroidered. In today's times cross-stitch is often combined with other popular forms of embroidery, embellishments and speciality threads of various kinds.
Tatting
Tatting is a vintage craft used to make laces and other decorative ornamentation. This technique is composed of knots or stitches, and picots, which form rings and semicircles, that is done with a tatting shuttle. Projects include doilies, earrings, necklaces, ornaments, bookmarks, baby caps and booties, wedding veils, as well as edgings on handkerchiefs, purses, garments, placemats, note cards, and much, much more.
http://www.ahundredhands.com/
Mum and I are proud to be associated with 'A Hundred Hands', a non-profit organization which brings together artists and artisans who work with their hands.
We join them as Cross-stitch and Tatting artists! :)
Cross stitch
Cross-stitch is one of the oldest forms of embroidery and can be found all over the world. This cross-cultural, counted-thread embroidery technique starts with a simple X shaped stitch that is commonly embroidered with floss on an evenweave fabric. The cross stitch is repeated numerous times to create a design.
Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish items like dishcloths, household linens, and doilies in which only a small portion, such as a border, would actually be embroidered. In today's times cross-stitch is often combined with other popular forms of embroidery, embellishments and speciality threads of various kinds.
Tatting
Tatting is a vintage craft used to make laces and other decorative ornamentation. This technique is composed of knots or stitches, and picots, which form rings and semicircles, that is done with a tatting shuttle. Projects include doilies, earrings, necklaces, ornaments, bookmarks, baby caps and booties, wedding veils, as well as edgings on handkerchiefs, purses, garments, placemats, note cards, and much, much more.
http://www.ahundredhands.com/
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Cardboard tubes -- recycled art...
I admit am just like the author of this blog..i cannot throw away a toilet/kitchen paper roll. So here are some ideas to convert the cardboard tube into something interesting:
http://happyhooligans.ca/22-things-make-cardboard-tubes/
Monday, 1 September 2014
Ganeshotsav 2014 at Maharashtra Mandal Bangalore
Last 2 weeks have been exciting for Kalavishkar.
We were given an opportunity to decorate the space for this year's Ganesha at the Maharashtra Mandal Bangalore - a social organization of Maharashtrians in Bangalore (www.mmbangalore.org.in). 10 days of the Ganpati festival at Maharashtra Mandal is a time for gathering of a majority of Maharashtrians in Bangalore. There are a number of events lined up on all the 10 days. Realizing the importance of doing a good job, we thought of doing something unique and artistic, yet something simple.
And so, after measurement of the space and procurement of major raw materials from Raja Market - Avenue Road, we set upon this big activity.
We were given the Ashtavinayak theme. Ashtavinayaka are eight(ashta) nature-made idols of Ganesha(vinayak) discovered in 8 different locations in Maharashtra state of India. Each of the 8 ancient holy temples of Ganesha has its own individual legend and history, and each idol of Ganesha and His trunk are distinct from one another.
I have a booklet about the Ashtavinayak pilgrimage tour and the picture on it became the base for our design.
Having done the Ashtavinayak tour before, i had a few photographs for reference. We thought of making an arc on the outside of the ganpati niche which could be seen from all parts of the community hall. The ashtavinayak would sit on this arc like they do at most of the 8 temples...and the niche was to look soft and rich.
The Arc:
The arc would have to be anything but plain photos/painting -- a 3d stony look -- resembling the actual ashtavinayak. We made 8 ashtavinayak on 12"x16" canvas boards with mseal to get the stony look. The names of all the Ganeshas and their place of worship were all printed in Devnagari font and printed and paper cut to look seamless with the canvas.
The sun we cut at home and bought the intricately done Shree from Raja market.
Inside:
The niche was to look soft and rich -- a halo with kundan would do the trick and would dazzle in yellow light.
A delicate halo was made of paper cutting handmade paper. Lots of kundan all done on a velvet red paper brought out the royal look.
So here is the final outcome...with the main deity sitting at its center...the whole set up looks even better than the photo...
We were given an opportunity to decorate the space for this year's Ganesha at the Maharashtra Mandal Bangalore - a social organization of Maharashtrians in Bangalore (www.mmbangalore.org.in). 10 days of the Ganpati festival at Maharashtra Mandal is a time for gathering of a majority of Maharashtrians in Bangalore. There are a number of events lined up on all the 10 days. Realizing the importance of doing a good job, we thought of doing something unique and artistic, yet something simple.
And so, after measurement of the space and procurement of major raw materials from Raja Market - Avenue Road, we set upon this big activity.
We were given the Ashtavinayak theme. Ashtavinayaka are eight(ashta) nature-made idols of Ganesha(vinayak) discovered in 8 different locations in Maharashtra state of India. Each of the 8 ancient holy temples of Ganesha has its own individual legend and history, and each idol of Ganesha and His trunk are distinct from one another.
I have a booklet about the Ashtavinayak pilgrimage tour and the picture on it became the base for our design.
Having done the Ashtavinayak tour before, i had a few photographs for reference. We thought of making an arc on the outside of the ganpati niche which could be seen from all parts of the community hall. The ashtavinayak would sit on this arc like they do at most of the 8 temples...and the niche was to look soft and rich.
The Arc:
The arc would have to be anything but plain photos/painting -- a 3d stony look -- resembling the actual ashtavinayak. We made 8 ashtavinayak on 12"x16" canvas boards with mseal to get the stony look. The names of all the Ganeshas and their place of worship were all printed in Devnagari font and printed and paper cut to look seamless with the canvas.
Inside:
The niche was to look soft and rich -- a halo with kundan would do the trick and would dazzle in yellow light.
A delicate halo was made of paper cutting handmade paper. Lots of kundan all done on a velvet red paper brought out the royal look.
A few days later aai and i were given a memento each in appreciation of our work. This trophy is a really interesting one: the writing on the trophy is the oldest inscription of Marathi language on the left foot of Gomateshwar statue at Shravanbelagola, Karnataka.
Very content! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)