Painting a Deepa (Diya) for Deepavali
Deepavali celebration is going on. Today is second day of Deepavali. Hindu’s celebrate this by performing Laxmi pooja(worshipping Laxmi- the Goddess of Prosperity) The other tradition like lighting the...
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Converting an old saree to frocks
Deepavali, the festival of lights started. All are in festive mood. Deepavali is not only festival of lights, I consider this as festival of shopping 🙂 and festival of...
A journal making to store design papers
I have many designs on papers, like embroidery designs, dress designs etc. I had kept those in a normal paper folder. Artist in me was not satisfied with the...
Some unique dolls during my visit to judge Gombehabba
In my previous post I have already shared about judging the Gombehabba competition . I visited 10 houses to judge the competition. In each house , the arrangement of dolls...
Judging Gombehabba
Gombe habba is a cute tradition which is celebrated in some parts of South India. I have already written about this tradition in my previous posts. This year there...
Some variations in Kerala Kasavu sarees
I need not write anything about Kerala Kasavu sarees. Most of the saree loving women , own at least one Kerala Kasavu saree in their collection. This is also...
The dolls can make you a celebrity!
Dasara celebration is going on. I have already shared about Gombe habba celebrations in my earlier posts. Gombe habba is a lovely tradition of Dasara, celebrated in Bangalore and...
Handmade artifacts from Dastkar
Dastakar is an NGO which supports crafts people, to promote and sell their products. To support the craft people , Dastkar organizes many events , including exhibitions and sales...
Handmade Rakhis
I was supposed to post about handmade Rakhee, before Raksha Bandhan.It got delayed because I was attending a workshop to learn a different craft. Raksha Bandhan is festival in India...
Saree Design -With Kalamkari border again
I never get contended with collecting and designing with traditional paintings of India. Kalmakari is one such art. I have kalmkari patches, kalamkari borders, kalamkari duppata, kalamkari saree ,...