2nd stage of the kalpavriksha

I had posted the rhino model earlier. We had subsequently built a 1:20 model of the "kalpavriksha", our entry for the "notions of a nation" contest. because of the time constraint this model has only 5 stages of branches as opposed to the 7 in our design. Will post images of the completed model later today when i get them from chatterjee.
This model was made from copper tubing brazed together; and though it looks pretty organic it is completely calculated and to be made with standard size tubes.

For the Taj in London

I had "designed" these silver plated thalis for the bombay brasserie in London, and they are a fairly generic design- hence the quotes. The price didn't work out eventually, so I think they have made alternative arrangements. The food there rocks

Mera Desk

These are just random images shot one day at my desk.

Spirals

Felted woolen rugs

Jigisha's rugs are felted in layers and use the natural colour of the wool. She is going to be a part of the Conran Shop's Rangoli promotion.

bael leaf bowls

Video of the Champa lamp

bamboo Initiatives at Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) has organised an exhibition in stuttgart and the National Institute of Design was invited to show bamboo furniture.
The rocking horse was designed by MP Ranjan. He was also my guide for the bamboo chair shown beside it. I am told its been a good show in stuttgart with 3000 visitors already and then it moves to Berlin. Lotus design where Arun Kullu is a partner are also participating. And I almost forgot, my chair has also been put on display

champa bowls

Cast brass flowers are individually brazed together to form the bowl, a somewhat labour intensive job. They have proved to be quite popular.

Pinjrakari- islamic latticework from kashmir

Pinjrakari is the version of the traditional islamic wooden lattice work, as it is known in Kashmir. There is a lone practitioner of this craft left in the valley -Mr Mohammed Ashraf. We worked with him as part of a project on kashmiri furniture. Pinjrakari is made by creating a lattice by assembling strips of deodar (white cedar) cedarus deodara. It is used traditionally in windows and can be found in all the beautiful shrines in Srinagar and the vale of kashmir. more info can be had from CDI

scherks's revenge

Scherk's second surface can be written parametrically as

for , and .

well thats the technical mumbo jumbo behind the design of these 2 trivets

Design for a monument "Notions of a Nation", along with Madhav and Siddhartha Chatterjee. Its a competition and the results are awaited.

I wanted to see how the technique of laminating and then turning stone worked. Idea was to be able to use smaller blocks of stone (waste and fallout) to achieve decorative patterns. Also tried turning small cylinders of stone which were then inserted into bores in a larger block and then the whole piece was turned.

bamboo bag

The Peacock trivet

These trivets unfold to use. Its a very simple and basic mechanism and the form is derieved from the tail of a peacock.  

Assorted brass products