2014 was great for Glasshopper and me. I had just begun my work at the studio from June 2014 after almost a three year break and the lovely sisters Mala and Sonia Dhawan from A Hundred Hands offered to a membership of the most prestigious NGO supporting handmade art and artists in India. It is a non-profit trust who supports and works with the artists directly, supporting some artists by helping them showcase their work and earn their livelihood.
So I knew that the membership to A hundred hands also means an opportunity to showcase my work at their Anuual Handmade Collective. The year 2014 was the year of the 5th Handmade collective and the venue was one of the most beautiful Church in Bangalore, The Saint Andrews Church.
Saint Andrews was completing 150 years and the celebrations were grand. Amidst these celebrations, the pastor and the members of the Church were generous enough to share the Church space and premises for the Handmade Collective. I was asked by Mala if I will be able to donated a little stained glass article to the Church on behalf of A hundred Hands family and I was more than delighted :) What a lovely way to says thank you to the Church and also for me it was an opportunity to see my stained glass article hung in the beautiful Church that was over 150 years old :)
More so, The magnificent Church has an original staiend glass panel that throws in beautiful and warm shades of morning sunlight into the Church and it is as old as the Church itself. So my tiny stained glass Cross (Yes, I made and donated a blood red coloured Cross) was to be hung in the same Church across the stained glass panel of the Church :)
An original design, I made a Cross with a white dove soldered onto it. It measured almost 12 inches by 17 inches and looked beautiful with or without natural/artificial light.
A big thanks to the team of A hundred hands for this opportunity to gift my work and all the appreciation i recieved after this piece was hand crafted by me.
More about the Handmade Collective, the bazaar and the various artists who came under one roof to showcase their artwork in my next post :)
So I knew that the membership to A hundred hands also means an opportunity to showcase my work at their Anuual Handmade Collective. The year 2014 was the year of the 5th Handmade collective and the venue was one of the most beautiful Church in Bangalore, The Saint Andrews Church.Saint Andrews was completing 150 years and the celebrations were grand. Amidst these celebrations, the pastor and the members of the Church were generous enough to share the Church space and premises for the Handmade Collective. I was asked by Mala if I will be able to donated a little stained glass article to the Church on behalf of A hundred Hands family and I was more than delighted :) What a lovely way to says thank you to the Church and also for me it was an opportunity to see my stained glass article hung in the beautiful Church that was over 150 years old :)
More so, The magnificent Church has an original staiend glass panel that throws in beautiful and warm shades of morning sunlight into the Church and it is as old as the Church itself. So my tiny stained glass Cross (Yes, I made and donated a blood red coloured Cross) was to be hung in the same Church across the stained glass panel of the Church :)
An original design, I made a Cross with a white dove soldered onto it. It measured almost 12 inches by 17 inches and looked beautiful with or without natural/artificial light.
A big thanks to the team of A hundred hands for this opportunity to gift my work and all the appreciation i recieved after this piece was hand crafted by me.
More about the Handmade Collective, the bazaar and the various artists who came under one roof to showcase their artwork in my next post :)
