Tagore Memorial Hall - Ahmedabad
I had seen the outside of the Tagore Memorial Hall during my first few days in Ahmedabad and had been meaning to return for a more detailed look. The building is quiet amazing, the hall is situated on...
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Across the river from the City Museum and the Tagore Memorial Hall is an area known as Jamalpur, its close to the old calico mills and there are large fruit and flower markets here which I had passed...
View ArticleCopperwork
Watch Coppersmiths in the old city in Ahmedabad making water vessels here. Coppersmiths
View ArticleMeeting
We all met at the Harley Gallery today, to catch up and discuss the remaining time of the residencies and the fellowship. Plans covered the exhibition, education workshops and activities in London.I...
View ArticleRedlands School, Tower Hamlets
Together, over a 3 day period (24th, 25th & 26th), the artists involved in the project and Teresa Hare Duke from the V&A Museum of Childhood delivered a series of workshops at Redlands School...
View ArticleMeeting at the Museum
After the workshops at the school today we all went to the Museum of Childhood, to explore more of the collections and discuss ideas for the project and exhibition. We were introduced to objects from...
View ArticleDay 2 @ Redlands School
Working with different groups of children the workshops followed a similar format today, rickshaw components and block printed paper and fabric.In the morning the rickshaw components workshop followed...
View ArticleDay 3 @ the School
Again, working with different groups of children, the workshops followed a similar format; rickshaw components and block printed paper and fabric.In the morning the rickshaw components workshop...
View ArticleWork in Progress
Inspiration from the flower garlands in Bangladesh, the decoration on the rickshaws, the repetition and pattern in the textiles at the Calico Museum, the decorated surface of the houses in the Pols,...
View ArticleBenchpeg Articles.
A series of articles, about the metalwork experienced during the fellowship, were written for 'Benchpeg' newsletter. These were added as entries to the blog.You can read them here (pdf files):Article 1...
View ArticleWork for the show
'Offering'. Copper Foil.'Seeking Perfection'. Gilded Copper Foil.'15%'. Handmade Indian Paper (from The Gandhi Ashram Paper Mill).
View Article'Sense of Place' Show
Sketchbooks and collectionSeeking Perfection (Gilded Copper)'15%' (Paper from the Gandhi Ashram).FilmsTapans painting documenting his travels.Taruns atmospheric paintings and 'theatre'.Thurles...
View ArticleBaasher Ghor - The Bamboo House
Images from the tribal villages in Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, taken during the MS:SP Fellowship, have been selected for inclusion in the project 'Baasher Ghor - The Bamboo House'.
View ArticleIndia Future of Change
Some of the MS:SP Fellowship photos from India have been included in the 'India Future of Change' photographic competition. You can see them on the flicker site here: India Future of Change.
View ArticleShortlisted
One of the photographs I submitted for the 'Home' category of the 'INDIA Future of Change' photographic competition has been shortlisted: 'INDIA Future of Change'.
View ArticleMetalsmithing in Bangladesh
An article about the metalworkers I visited in Bangladesh during the MS: SP Fellowship has been included in the Craft Revival Trust Website. The website is "a constantly expanding Encyclopedia...
View ArticleBuilding boats - making toys
The exhibition finishes at the V&A Museum of Childhood this weekend and moves on to the Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire. To mark the end of the London show the MoC has organised an event...
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