First paper cutting experiment

I have been staying at parents place with nothing much to do so decided to try my hand at paper cutting. This is what I accomplished. The image is something I found on the internet and not something I drew.

Miniature nursery

My studio has been ready for a whike now and I've been busy in it but not as often as I would've liked. So here goes....but it is work in progress. This is what I had in mind since a long time... to have a miniature nursery room.

I'm back again!

It's been a while that I haven't posted anything. I have decided to blog more as I'm back to my crafting endeavours after a long time. I'm going to get a small studio to myself soon. Really excited about that!

3-D Origami

I was amazed by the 3-D Origami I had seen at an exhibition a couple of years back. Thats where I got the idea for the Ganpati Decoration at Rohan Garima this year.  We (i.e. me and my friend Bhagyashree) experimented with the swan first. When we got the hang of it, the lotus idea just emerged easily.

The lotus was made using more than 8000 small triangles. A lot of ladies helped in this task. It was a great success. Don't mean to brag but we did get a prize for it at the Times Green Ganesha 2012.

After Ganpati festival was over, I thought I would like to explore this art further, so I made this peacock just for the fun of it. Here's the picture of the peacock:

My miniatures

I had made these minatures 3-4 years ago and they are still incomplete. I surely intend to finish them this year or i should say next year.

I had made these when I was all into making a dollhouse for my daughter from scratch. This furniture was meant for the kids room. Some of it broke in transit from US to India and had to redo it a little, but no harm done.

Photos of Old Cards I Made

I was browsing through my old photos when I found this one. I had made this card for an aunt and uncle's 25th Wedding Anniversary.

I've used Cricut to cut the leaves and flourishes. The roses are quilled roses.

This one I made for Mother's day 2010:

And this one for Father's Day 2010:

Sorry about the quality of these 2 photos. They were taken with a phone camera.

Snowman - Using cold Porcelain for the first time

I've been meaning to try different kinds of clays. I've already used polymer clay, air drying clay (shadu) and regular playdoh for children. It was the first time I've made my own clay from the recipe I found on the net.

Here's my first figurine in cold porcelain. I'm sure there'll be more.