Sunday, February 10, 2013

An experiment, a lovely result!

Let me show you something I have done, mischevious! I opened a glass bowl, which had a golden foil as its cover, inside which was a dissert. Dissert went to the place it was supposed to, but the foil dint go to the trash. It came with me, to my work table. My first instinct was to crush it into a 'Heart shape', as I always do. (See a sample on this page) But this one had a paper backing, so I couldnt do that! Instead I ended up making these..



I wanted to give it the look of hammered metal. The beads are my own handmade clay ones - berry and cream. Secured the edges with copper 'stitches'. Yeah, I sealed the sheet with clear glaze on the edges before assembling it..

Focus on life 6/52

                                                    My Life : Week 6 : Photo 6


Feel the LOVE. Sally Russick's prompt for week 6 of Focus on Life.

I can, whenever I see this picture on the wall, at home. I got this drawing(?) from Bangalore, India, from a sidewalk sale. I paid very less for this, but the place it holds in our life is - well, huge! I dont want to go into much detail about this here, mainly because it is a photo of one our Gods(Yes, India is a land of many, many Gods!), and also because I am not mature enough to 'write' about God. This is Lord Krishna- the epitome of love and romance, and his devotee/Lover (lady-love in correct English) Radha.

PS: Lord Krishna has many many names attributing to his handsomeness, his strengths, his mischiefs etc, and my husband's name is one of those. So that again connects my soul to this story!!

Hope you can look into this picture and feel the love too.



This is the first time ever I am clicking a picture of this.. This one is really worn down on the corners, and I really wish to frame it, but not doing so because then it might not be able to travel with me wherever I go. This has taken some long long journeys with us! And also, it stands as tall as my shoulder, so framing and carrying this around is out of question.. Thats the reason why I could not capture the whole pic too..They are surrounded by a peacock, a deer, and flowers and vines all around. How much more romantic can the scene get?

Now, lets go in search of some more romantic places. On the board with me, to Sally Russick's.