18 Nov '10- Nosey People and the Waist Coat

I had drawn this particular composition maybe about 8 months back on paper, I din't know i would be using it later and in this form. So, it is quite interesting to know that even some of my 2 minute drawings are not going to waste.

The treatment was the same. Masking tape for the white parts, bindis for the elements. The arm in this was the tricky part. I dint quite like it in the end and was difficult to add bindis to it. Still figuring this one out. 

Also this is the biggest in Tarpaulin size Ive worked on. Took longer and was more interesting!

2nd & 3rd Nov '10- Meet the eggs!

I wanted to stitch on the tarpaulin for awhile but yesterday i couldn't find the wool that i got so i used thin thread instead. The thread doesnt make it impactful but the threadwork in always a tedious job. Stitching was amazingly therapeutic. So, I went on  to create some features of the eggs keeping it simple.

30th Oct & 1st Nov '10- 2 women

Was trying to make some figures more girly or womanly so tried a few options. Highlighted  jewelry in one to show shes a woman? and the other a plait to show she has longer hair. Still trying to make the women more beautiful.

26,27,28 Oct '10- 3 Eggs in 3 Days

I wanted to draw these egg creatures for awhile. Finally, got to do it this week. I think the shape of the egg is so unique to find in something natural. In hindi an egg is called ANDA or UNDA which also means zero! If you see the shape it could be a zero. So I used those kind of features, expressions and just played around with the word Unda and the face.

13 Sept- Hanging shorts!

Story is quite simple, I cut some jeans into shorts, dint like the shorts, was going to dispose them till I decided to use them. So, I taped the entire thing. Now, that takes time and concentration and  less air coz otherwise the tape sticks more! So while a few hours, the entire shorts were masked. Then I worked on the pockets with bindis which was the main aim of doing this exercise. Ended it with a hanger as a frame and its quite apt. Plus, since Im interested in working with hangers too- it fits. I like the way this piece has evolved. May do a series of it.

12 Oct '10- Hanging!

Ive been wanting to use hangers for awhile. To hang things with it but also use it as a frame. So, I tried just using it with tape and then messed around with it. I also did another piece which i haven't put up yet. I like the idea of incorporating then hanger in the art piece.  The second work on paper, just tore some paper and stuck it together, may put that on a hanger to complete the piece.

30th Sept '10- The nosey man is back!

I had done drawings of the nosey people awhile back but in a different medium but I wanted them back. So, i started with doing the face with masking tape and i knew i wanted a giant bindi of bows. Eyes were last minute, still want it to look more cute than scary- his eyes look menacing!

22 Sept- The book of flowers

The day i bought tonnes of Masking tape, I also bought some notebooks. All i knew was dat i want to cover all the pages with masking tape. So, I bunched a few pages together then masked it with the tape like you go round and round with a bandage. So the book was lying- masked, so i drew somethings and then i filled up all the pages with easy light drawings. I guess it was the mood i was in. Still not worked on the cover, have to figure that out yet!

21 Sept' 10- Break the Paper

So, I wanted to change the style a little bit, so this time I tore up some paper then stuck it together with masking tape and turned it over so i could see the cracks.  Then stuck some bindis and drew along. Need to get bigger paper and try it! I like taking things apart and putting them together. It's like i heeled it. Put something that was perfectly normal back into something different but cooler. 

16th September- Tarpaulin Tuban

Today I tried doing just the turban drawing on the tarpaulin with masking tape. It was very difficult to figure the lines after the masking tape was stuck. Filled a whole tube around the turban with bindis! It took 4 hours just to do that! To remove the protective part of the bindi so it can stick. Felt like a worker at a bindi factory. I wasn't that excited about the outcome but lets see.

15th Sept '10- Tarpaulin Trials

Its the rainy season and if you look pretty much anywhere in bombay you see blue plasticy rubbery material called tarpaulin. It keeps the water out and its cheap so the janta uses it. Ive been wanting to work with tarpaulin for awhile. So I bought some and tried something with it. Its a tricky material to use coz it has this plasticy surface so cant draw on it easily, felt pen doesnt stay, everything goes off. So i tried using pieces of masking tape and i liked the blue and white feel. I also tried the yellow and red tape but that dint work coz you can see the blue throught it. Anyway this is the beginning. Gonna try more sooon!

This is what i started with!

Many people think this image looks like a spaceship! I see it as a turban. Its the drawing of a turban hanging on my living room wall, under which are two dangling stars. So i drew it a long time ago but wanted to fill it with something different so i used masking tape. then i went to a bindi shop and bought 45 packets of red bindis! since i had so many of them i begun to use them! and i got it framed. Dont love it but its the starting of something!

Round 2!

Went to the stationery store and bought a bunch of things. Played around a little with masking tape. Wanted to wrap whole things in it. Wrapped a book, its not the easiest to use, its sticky and it shrivels the book, so i went on to single pages, covered them with masking tape and then drew on them and try to make some sense of what i was drawing. Finally put some bindis to make it look happy?! Was fun!