jewelry project

I had taken a line of jewelry to the Design Biennale that was made of hand beaten metal and hand formed glass.

This line of jewelry is the result of a series of workshops, involving glass bead makers from Varanasi, people who fashion jewelry (put it together) from Varanasi and Orissa, beaten metal craftspeople from Orissa and dhokra craftspeople from Orissa.
The idea behind this line was to create something completely unique (by combining different material), young, light, fun and universal. To go beyond the ‘ethnic’ look, and create something that combined the new and the old, the traditional Indian and the contemporary global. To make a range wide enough to appeal to different types of people.
The main work was done during a week long residential workshop, where everyone got together. There were all the craftspeople, some fashion students from srishti school of art design and technology, Bangalore, a Spanish sculptor and, the designer. It was a very intense and creative interaction.

Click here to read more in a pdf version of the project.