“Your car is arriving in 10 minutes.” beeped her phone. With a slight frown, she switched off the data and all but chucked her phone into her roomy tan handbag. A 10 minute delay at this time meant getting stuck in traffic. It meant answering questions and ruining the surprise. But what to do, he […]
Embroidered Fabric Bangles
My cousin (little sister’s ) wedding is in 2 days and most of my relatives from my father’s side are in town to attend it. Needless to say, that means pulling together atleast 3 fantastic looks to just blend in to the crowd. This also means last minute tinkering to the wardrobe – repairing clothes […]
One day at Pulicat
Recently I started working on a project that helps the Pulicat Palm leaf Women’s Co-operative society to create new products. Those who follow me on Instagram would have seen glimpses of this society and the products that they create. But more on that later. This post is more about my travel to this old colonial […]
Art bead necklace – June ABS 2017
Through all my years as a design student or even a design educator interested in art history, I had never come across Odilon Redon. So when I downloaded Art Bead scene’s challenge book (pdf) for 2017 I was intrigued. “Profile on Red Meanders” was the June inspiration. Later when I won the FEBABS challenge I […]
Insect jewelry
Lately the jewelry blog world seems to going the way of Insect Jewelry. June’s earring’s everyday challenge inspiration is Fireflies and the topic for Art Elements June theme challenge is also Insects. So I decided to combine both and give my unique take (sorry scratch that – Sayuri’s unique take) on Insect jewelry. Insects and […]