"Around here"

So now you know where did I vanish !

We are having a UAE Green Festival here.

 I am associated with a beautiful online art gallery

 called Kobo Art.

 I got this opportunity

 to be a part of this green drive in Dubai through Kobo Art.

 It was great fun to create art pieces

 from recycled material !! 

I always always believe in the magical ways

 of recycle and reuse !!

 It saves you some pennies,

 reflects your love for mother earth 

and is soooo much fun !!

This is an installation which we have done at 

the Heritage House, Bastakiya, Dubai.

Empty water bottles have been used

 to show the depletion of natural resources

 and the disastrous situation

which we may face if we do not choose to recycle and reuse.

Done on a hard board,

 residue of coffee (which had been brewed and filtered) 

has been used to give a lot of textures to this art piece called "Adventure"

      The work is inspired by nature,landscapes and geology.

 The textures give a three dimensional look

 and the trails of overlapping colors 

led me to quite an intuitive and magical "Adventure".

If you have visited me in the last few weeks,
 you would be aware of
the tea bag illustrations I have been doing.

Now since the tea bags have been
 recycled  and reused
after satisfying the tea lover in me

it was a good idea indeed to display them as recycled art !!
My kettle, milk container
and that little garden chair are also on display.

"Around here"...as I named this work of mine

 is a big scale work of art
done using a variety of recycled material.
The base is a Gypsum board

 which had been earlier used for a graffiti workshop

... broken in the middle

 and has an irregular shape.

I used an empty pack of ferrero rocher chocolates 

to represent a solar window.

A blue water bottle lid here 

and the tiny water droplets show that we need to save water!

The face of my,Eco-Angel as I have named her,

has been done using an old burlap rice sack :)

and also the little birds singing the "Green songs" !!

Her neck shows photo film negatives and some round seals from spray paint cans !

 The wing of the Eco-Angel has been created using some old music sheets!

The Eco-Angel has a message to spread...

"Around here...or there...together we can make a difference!" 

By the way the tiara on her head is the beautiful beady portion of my chappals (shoes)  :)

and her earring from a matchbox !!

Are you finding me crazy ?

Yes I did go crazy and quite adventurous while doing this art piece!! 

So here is my final piece...what do you think ??