JOURNAL

Just around when Bhaavya and I were talking about making jewellery, I had been working with some resin artisans in the suburbs of northern UP in India, trying to understand what they do and their general modus operandi. Since it was something new for me, I wanted to test a simple design, one that would allow me to realise the look and feel of the material. So I decided to get a 3” heart made, rounded on both sides. The resulting product exceeded my expectations in every way possible. When I received it, I couldn’t take my eyes...

Last few weeks have been quite interesting for me. I’d been planning to get my ear pierced for a while now and finally gave it a go a week before our trip to Australia. Growing up, I always had a couple of piercings - little did I know how things would come full circle years down the line. I have to admit, though, even though I had gone through the whole phase of piercings as a teenager, there were bouts of apprehensions this time around. Perhaps as they say, as you pile on the years of wisdom, the recklessness of...

THE BIRTH OF AN INSPIRATION

There's a nerd living in my head and more often than my current self would expect, she makes her presence felt. She nudges me towards these silly tips and tricks and habits that serve my creative obsessions. One of the tips I haven't let go of since my days back at FIT is to save the last page of my journal for an idea/inspiration bank. The evolution of these lists deserves its own grand story but between all of the transformations and 'growth' are a few that stay. I'm talking inspirations from travel, feelings, deep dark feelings, philosophies, things,...