Srishti’s Corner: Day 10

<DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 10 Srishti Sharma, a post-graduate student in Fashion Management writes her views/thoughts on today’s session. With little background in design but a thirst for learning, Srishti sat in on the day’s proceedings at our Studio taking reams of notes that she shares with us here… Five busy days at college … Continue reading →

Weekend Fun!

Workshops @ the Studio To our delight, the Madhubani workshop at the weekend turned out to be a great success! We had two dedicated participants from different ends of the city attending a two-hour session with our resident Madhubani artist, Heera Didi.  It was heartening to see Akshata’s and Vardhana’s genuine interest in the art … Continue reading →

Musical Symphony

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley It is difficult to expect a moment of silence in a house full of women. So we chose to embrace the noise! In the absence of silence, we thought the artisans might get some inspiration from a bit of music.  On … Continue reading →

Dead Meat in the Heat!

Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm. Murray Gell-Mann We skipped the depression part, but yes, our enthusiasm levels started to ebb on day 8. An NGO Mela was organized at the Delhi Technological University. Though we somehow convinced ourselves that driving the distance would be worth it,  the … Continue reading →

the Artist steps OUT. . .

Day 6 @ the Studio: Library Visit After the intense session on Design and its elements, most of Day 5 was spend working on the techniques our artisans had learnt. This was the first day that our artisans stepped out of the Studio space – and stepped in to the world of books! Based on previous … Continue reading →

Exercises. Exercises. and More Exercises!

Day 5 . . .and the grilling begins!  Our main design topic for the day was ‘color usage‘ and ‘color manipulation‘. We wanted the artists to break from the usual color combination they use and apply different color combinations in the same patterns. Exercise #1 : Moving away from the Usual! The artisans were asked … Continue reading →

Srishti’s Corner: Day 4

<DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 Srishti Sharma, a post-graduate student in Fashion Management writes her views/thoughts on today’s session. With little background in design but a thirst for learning, Srishti sat in on the day’s proceedings at our Studio taking reams of notes that she shares with us here… 10 am… I entered the office, … Continue reading →

Srishti’s Corner: Day 3

<DAY 2  DAY 3  Srishti Sharma, a post-graduate student in Fashion Management writes her views/thoughts on today’s session. With little background in design but a thirst for learning, Srishti sat in on the day’s proceedings at our Studio taking reams of notes that she shares with us here… So what’s in store for today? Fun? … Continue reading →