EDGE INTERIORS AND ARCHITECTURE: ALL ABOUT KUTCHHH....

I somehow felt to write few posts on Indian art and pattern... This is what I am teaching my students this month....lovely, delicious and mesmerising arts, patterns and colors

I think India itself is a sea of patterns and ravishing colors....

Why not I start with the most inspiring and authentically inspiring part of India

KUTCH

I love this place cuz it literally stimulated my talent bones...

Kutch has been inspired by Perisan art but with few indian twists...

There are few arts of Kutch ( out of so many) which I like to showcase...as my upcoming project would also have few similar inspired designs...

BHUNGAS - LIPPANKAM

BHUNGAS are structure which have a light dome-shaped bamboo and thatched roof and a circular wall plastered with mud, twigs and dung. This structure protects them from all extreme climates.

LIPPANKAM means mud work design specially done by a caste of women called as 'RABAARIS'

The moulded mud work has inserts of mirror which increase the intensity of the light in the room...very intelligent and beautiful..

Some houses are just based on nude pastel colors but ,many are colored artistically...

What I really liked is that every tribe here has a different style of art in their home and so are they known and professionally bifurcated

There other external paint works done by locals which a mix for islamic art and geometric shapes....I personally found this concept very modern even though it is an antique form of art..

ROGAN

This is an art done on fabrics...it is basically a paste which is laid manually with certain pattern. The best part is to observe the process, its very interesting.....they basically

freehand a design on side of the fabric and fold the other side so the paste sticks to the other side giving it a symmetrical look.