In the era of technology and screens, the need to connect with nature is
increasingly felt by mankind. The significance of 'handcrafted', a distinctive
human touch is the need of the hour. Traditional techniques and indigenous
materials can be creatively showcased in new ways, thereby adding a new
vocabulary to craft. In today’s fast paced world, people especially the urban
dwellers are in creasingly drawn to rural lifestyles. The rustic historic villages
will be revitalised, serving as an inspiration for an earthy, natural and organic
aesthetic. The first hand contact with the earth is soil. Clay craft is the earliest
of man's creations and marks his coming of age. Being one of the primitive art
forms it has gained its elegance since the Vedic era.The installation reflects
the beauty of nature and its relevance in the current scenario. Employing a
sculptural technique, each piece of sculpted light fixture will seemingly
be sliced open, unexpectedly revealing a cavity or its outgrowth filled with a
textile element. The collection will expertly explore ‘the play between taking
something that the earth does so beautifully and adding a human element to it’.
Each piece is carefully handmade with an artistic approach. To craft each
creation, the piece is thrown on the potter's wheel. Once the foundation of the
piece is formed, the second step involves sculpting and forming a cavity,
these cavities will have textile or crochet/ thread work element which
makes each piece one of its kind.
crevices unexpectedly revealling textile element.
Light and shadow effect through crevices.
