Tie and dye

Tie-dye is a modern term coined in the mid-1960s in the United States for a set of ancient resist-dyeing techniques, and for the products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment and binding with string or rubber bands, followed by application of dye(s). The manipulations of the fabric prior to application of dye are called resists, as they partially or completely prevent the applied dye from coloring the fabric. More sophisticated tie-dyes involve additional steps, including an initial application of dye prior to the resist, multiple sequential dye and resist steps, and the use of other types of resists (stitching, stencils) and discharge.

I tried my hands in tie and dye simply using fabric paints.i used crystal salt and folding technique to achieve these results.Hope you all like it ....

Crystal salt technique 
(cooool...it turned to a heart)

Diagonal fan folding technique

rolled technique 

i'm linking this to PPF

wooden tray with coasters

Its been a year ,am away from blogging.some health issues.I am back with full energy.Hope i justify my late presence.Today i am posting my new work which is something different my other works.Thought to change the base instead canvas.so here my new work wooden tray with ceramic coasters...Hope you all like it .It is adorning my friend's dinning table.Happy on  the response from her.
                      Here i painted the wooden tray and coasters with lotus and pair of fish theme.It's kind of madhubani incorporated in the painting sealed well for making it more durable.

wooden tray with coasters

Old is Gold

Hi friends,it's been a long gap in Blogging,was busy enjoying vacation in india .Just Came to say hi .I saw some of my old paintings in my native , thought of posting here .Before showcase my new work,want to thank one of our fellow -blogger SandyHolland for featuring my work in her Blog .It'll be available there for a month on her Homepage in rightside corner.
              Here comes some of my old collections,tried when i started my venture in art.Though these are my Bud work ,reminds always my precious.
            First one is Decoupage made in a waste PVC pipe.This can be used as flowervase,corner interior piece

Decoupage 

 



Decoupaged PVC pipe into Corner stand Vs FlowerVase

 



 

Next comes a pot painting ,I tried to give porcelain look to ordinary terracota pot with acrylics .  

 

Pot Painting  







  

Next one is an embossed painting and a normal canvas painting .Hope you all like it...

 



 





Minakari Mural

Here comes my another old project Minakari mural work of a lady with gold deer.I created this painting using Mseal and added some mirrors and kundans to enhance the painting.This is adorning my inlaw's living room wall.I used acrylic paints and used gold shimmer to add golden tint to the deer for giving more beautiful look.Chalk powder also used to give real tree effect.Hope you all like it.

Minakari Painting Using Acrylic Paints

Interior Decor (Online Courtesy)

Interior Decor (Online Courtesy)

picture perfect

Recently visited my friend's place ...she was discussing with her family ,how to place the pictures she took recently.My new post idea budded there.How to place our picture frames in various ways to give add on beauty to our decor.Just made a few  photo collage to show different views and how it change over all decor .So what next ...just rearrange the photos to give a newlook to your room.

Some of the other blogs which has beautiful wall arrangement with family pictures 

"http://www.skyehattenphotography.com/blog/?cat=12/

http://www.becoming-mom.net/2010/07/06/photographers-wall-display-templates/

http://www.amyhallphoto.com/blog/?p=57