Spring is in the air... Fresh blooms, new leaves on trees, sun shinning with color popping everywhere. This is always my favorite time of the year.
And I am very glad that this year my parents were visiting and we could enjoy this colorful season together.
With my mom at the Tulip Festival in Washington State.
A great way to celebrate a Pre-Mother's Day
Talking about mom, don't forget "Mother's Day" is right around the corner. Check out my new mugs and other Mom favorites in my Etsy shop
Mother's Day Special
Get a FREE sample of Jaipur Avenue Chai with every purchase till supplies last. If you have wondered of what true Indian Masala Chai Tea tastes like then you have got to try this.
Pictured here are some of my new variations in my mugs photographed and staged by a very talented photographer Archana Srinivas.
She is passionate about interior design, travel, rustic food photography, her cups of 'chai' & capturing the beauty of everyday life... Check out her facebook page and you will be amazed.
As many of you know, Slip decoration is big part of my work. And my work is highly influenced by Indian fabrics colors and embroidery. At first instance people assume I am imprinting a piece of fabric on my clay and then make my forms.
That is not the case and the pieces get slip decorated individually making each one unique. I try to keep adding new patterns and designs and since each piece gets its own unique touch, each one lands up being one of a kind.
Here is a short video clip (speeded up, of course) showing a typical day in my studio. I wish I could decorate at that speed. I enjoy this part of the process, but have heard comments that it is just madness.
So call me crazy, but I LOVE it!
To see other pieces of my work slip decorated visit my website
I have done a few dinner sets and the main reason I avoid making dinner
plates is because they take up so much room in my kiln. I have a small 7 cub
foot kiln and I can't fit two of these square dinner plates on a single shelf.
My wife had to wait for 5 years to get her dinner set!
I did get a request early this year from a customer purchasing a new home. It
was for a dinner set with additional pieces and since there was no strict time
contraints I took it on. The pictures you see above are the dinner plates. All
different colors and patterns. Along with this there are bowls, tumblers and small dishes too. It was a lot of fun creating this colorful
place setting. I would love to be dined with such an array of colors.
In addition to this there were oil bottles for the kitchen, soap pumps and soap dishes for the bathroom. I want to visit that home now.
:)
For the main dinner serving pieces, I chose to match those and make them
distinct from the place settings. The platter, casserole and salt pepper shakers compliment the rest of the set very
well.
Now I am just waiting for a dinner invitation.
:)
Many of you have seen and purchased my lidded butter dishes which are still my best sellers. With a suggestion from the Luna Sea Gallery in Pascadero, CA, I am introducing my new butter trays. They are still charming and colorful with a different design and a great price point.
