A local red truck carrying corn from the fields of Plainsboro.
A Science Project- I made these two statues to demonstrate differences that happen to the human body after Parkinsonism.
More info on Parkinsonism (Source Wikipedia):
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system.Early in the course of the disease, the most obvious symptoms are movement-related; these include shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait. Later, thinking and behavioral problems may arise, with dementia commonly occurring in the advanced stages of the disease, whereas depression is the most common psychiatric symptom. Other symptoms include sensory, sleep and emotional problems. Parkinson’s disease is more common in older people, with most cases occurring after the age of 50. The disease is named after the English doctor James Parkinson, who published the first detailed description in An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in 1817.
A basket full of different kinds of bread along with grapes made with baked clay. This beautiful piece of clay sculpture was made for an order.
‘Get creative this Diwali’- I organize this workshop every year before Diwali, especially for mommies, mommy also needs little creative time for herself. As a woman I like flowers very much, so I chose roses. For this project we used Sculpey terracotta clay, it is very easy to handle. We spent a good time while creating it, all mommies done a good job! To see some more picture of ‘making’ please go to ‘Portfolio’ section. Happy Diwali. ll शुभ दिपावली ll
My very own and unique hand crafted ‘tea-light holders’ made with clay. If want to see some more go to ‘Portfolio’.
Clay diya
Unique oil lamps that I made specially for Diwali. I used a normal earth clay which is called ‘शाडूची माती’ in Marathi. And painted them with acrylic colors.
Toy…when you think of a toy, you will find thousands of beautiful and different types of toys all over.
When I was a child, I had very few toys…and one of them was a set of ‘Bhaatukli’ (भातुकली) which means a set of ‘cooking utensils’. Most of girls in India are familiar and might have played with this in their childhood.
Earlier this cooking set was made of clay, then came the wooden version…and nowadays you will find it in steel as well…”I have the one made in ‘Copper’ back home in India!”
The treats used for playing with this were peanuts, jaggery, rice flakes etc. The whole afternoon in summer vacations were full of ‘Bhaatukli’ (भातुकली) playing with friends.
Childhood, the beautiful days of life…
For this week’s topic, I used ‘Air Dry’ Clay to craft this cooking set toy and painted it to give the ‘Terracotta’ look. Hope you like it.
I sketched an ‘auto rickshaw’, (for those who don’t know) a 3-wheeler vehicle commonly used as a mode of transportation in sub-urban cities of India. It is supposed to be the most convenient ways to commute, however, off-late saying this would be a controversy. A rickshaw doesn’t have any door, you can just hop-in and enjoy the ‘cool breeze’ while traveling. The ‘cool breeze’ part would be a fantasy now, as most of the times you may feel stuck in one, entangled in the city traffic.
Making those tiny round tires for this 3-wheeler, was a tedious job. Was about to give up and submit only the sketch as a last-minute entry. Just then, I saw a few candies lying on the table. Voila…they soon became those perfectly round ‘tires’… 🙂 Hope you like it.
My daughter created this for ‘her’ entry of the Illustration Friday topic ‘desserts’!
She is so cute and yeah competitive too. She likes to compete with her mom 🙂
In 2006 my daughter and I attended a workshop for ‘clay sculptures’, it was for encouraging people to use an eco-friendly clay called ‘Shadu’, for making Lord Ganesh instead of ‘Plaster of Paris’.
At this workshop I was the only artist in the group, so obviously my ‘Ganesh Idol’ had to be beautiful 
and that’s why all the new paper photographers were around us…!