this link shows examples of my lighting and furniture. for more information on the techniques that i use, go to the design techniques page.
| left: embroidery in colour, right, block print with embroidery |
| shade delivery day: a sampler of shapes, sizes and designs |
| shade delivery day: a sampler |
| top: double block printing; bottom: block print and tea dye |
| a shade sampler: tea dyeing, double printing, single colour printing |
| various block prints |
| top: hand embroidery with tea dyeing: below, negative block print |
| double colour block print |
| hand embroidery and hand painting |
| block printing using two colours and multiple blocks |
| rustic shade: block printing in combination with pleats |
| off white on white printing. |
| double printing, ground in off white with brown overprinting |
below are featured various block prints: single colour with tea staining, double colour printing and off white on white printing
the lamps featured below are one-off pieces made for exhibitions or are commissions for private clients.
| the lamps featured below are one-off pieces made for exhibitions or as commissions for private clients. |
| lightbox with lino block printing on hand painted and tea stained silk: back panel features Rumi's verse on the nightingale and the rose |
| lightbox with lino printing on tea dyed silk. back and front panels are different although on the same theme, himalayan rock carvings |
| wooden base with hand cut grooves, shade with lino printing on unbleached cotton: himalayan odyssey theme |
| wooden base with hand cut grooves, shade with lino printing on unbleached cotton. |
| silk lamp shade on wooden base, 5 inches x 34 inches, lino print, hand painted wash, tea dyeing and text (sura-e-nur) |
| close-up of lino printing with text visible in background. |