When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do, is take a look at you.

With a city bathed in a myriad shades of blue, as raindrops pelt down from the skies above, my Blue Peacocks hand-painted teapot captures  the mood natures set. Blue in all its brilliance as peacock dance on the teapot to the rhythm of the rain!

'When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue'
-Phil Collins

 

Order amidst the chaos!

A weekend packed with friends, fun, lotsa love and celebrations can leave you hating the Monday morning blues!! There's no better upper than handing over a customised design and watching the persons face light up as they peel away the bubble wrap!!

This Monday was just that, have been working on a customised piece which became a tad bit tricky because the customer wanted quite a few elements incorporated in the design. After a little hair pulling and downing a couple of drinks order was found in the chaos!!

There's the final customised design!! I'm happy,she's happy couldn't ask for more!!

This ones for all the Tea lovers or Tea addicts

I'm a tad bit of a tea addict,i can't function like a normal human being without my fist cup of tea.I'm sure I'm not alone on this one,but brewing that first cup is my zen time,as i wait patiently for the water to boil and the tea leaves release their delightful golden auburn colour.The wait is definitely worth the while.

This morning my tea ritual became all the more serene,with the pleasure of pouring pipping hot tea from one of my favourite hand-painted kettles into my new Something Fishy mugs.Of course we have to have matching coasters to keep the horrid tea stains and cup rings at bay!

Tea bliss is what i feel today!what a wonderful way to start the day!!

Kathakali dancer hand-painted teapot/kettle

Chanced upon this poem a while ago,thought its a total fit for this post.

We dance for laughter,
We dance for tears,
We dance for madness,
We dance for fears,
We dance for hopes,
We dance for screams,
We are the dancers,
We create the dreams.

If you haven't seen a Kathakali performance in the flesh its something you must do!!Flamboyant costumers,wild wild make up,brilliant emotions and sheer passion is what each performance is.I'd been lucky to have caught a couple of performances in the past and each on blew my away.

Us pseudo mallus sometimes find our way back to our roots so here's a Kathakali dancer kettle paying homage to the culturally rich and vibrant land i hail from.

"To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak"

Owlies

As i've mentioned in quite a few posts in the past i have a little owl obsession!and being an artist it allows me to create designs that fulfil my little obsession.Here's one of the newer Owl kettle designs i've done.It had an owl couple on one side and 3 little owl babies on the other side!!
i've also played around with a more sepia tone palate for this design!