CANVAS CUT - AN EXPERIMENT

 Its been a long time since I have uploaded my paper-cuts. Have been busy coming up with loads of designs for future paper-cut projects. Meanwhile I bought a canvas for an experiment. Thought cutting a canvas would be fun !!!! WELL........ I am not entirely sure if my thumb and wrist thought it was fun. Still not a failed choice of material I would say. Atleast I get to hang it :) .

For starters I knew since canvas is a fabric material I would have to put in more effort and strength to cut through and that's what exactly happened. I already had a design that fit the canvas size and didn't create a new one since it was a material experiment and my excitement to get on with it wasn't pre -planned . 

Cutting the canvas was difficult as I did not have any plane surface to support my wrist. The edges being extruded at the back of the canvas  made cutting it my wrist's worst nightmare. Choosing a very intricate design for a not-so-fine material resulted in the canvas loosing its strength to hold straight. Few modifications in the design ...few more lines connecting the peacock with the rest of the design would solve the problem.

Nevertheless the final outcome is worth hanging on my wall :)

 

 A Pink background never hurts !!! ;)

My Best Friend's Wedding !!!

So .. my best friend got hitched... in a Grand and the most Elegant wedding I have ever seen and been a part of. From home decor to the mandap, the flowers, mehendi, the cocktail - formal and informal ;)  , haldi , baraat, her makeup, the joda ( designed by the bride)  everything was just perfect. 

The day she announced "The Date" I had it all planned. I had to do her wedding invite. But I am no machine :) . We planned everything and brought the number of  handcrafted paper-cut invites to 20....YAYY !!! 

 So I set off with discussing Do's and Dont's ; Likes and Dislikes with the bride and the mother of the bride... the two most important people in any Indian Wedding ..  oh.. there is the groom as well :) . Anyhow I started sketching and designing with some inspirations and motifs in mind and ended up with 4 designs out of which my 1st design was finalized. 
"Ideas out of a fresh mind are always bang on!!"

  

Yes my work desk was full of paper-bits and cutters and what not for 2 months with glue sticking in the wrong places all the time :)  but I got through.

 

 All cards were individually-very lovingly handcrafted one-at-a time. 

The envelopes and final assembling, printing and packaging of all the cards was done by working round the clock by my super duper squad of friends :) .

The wedding was a full friend-love event !! 

Peacock along with floral motif was the ideal theme for this project. 
  The sparkling pink color gave it a modern look.
The Paper-cut part of the card was backed with a translucent golden handmade wooly paper which allowed light to pass through when opened.

 " ... AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY  EVER AFTER "

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