by Aiyana Gunjan | Mar 22, 2021 | ART, what's happening in the studio
Crumpled paper ends in a dustbin. That’s what one did till I discovered art of crumpling. Unlike the fixed folds in tessellation, crumpling gives flexibility and freedom to create organic lines and form. Free-willy. lines and form pulled out from crumple Its...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Mar 14, 2021 | ART, Artist Writing
Sculpting paper Aren’t we constantly seeking another dimension to give us a new perspective, a new insight into the matter. This time it was my hands itching to play in 3D. Sadly, clay and the potter’s wheel were far from reach. So I turned back to my good old pen and...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Mar 1, 2021 | ART, what's happening in the studio
Text on text, day by day, page by page, dipping my calligraphy pen in the ink pot, and penning words of wisdom and inspiration- Bible on Bhagwad Gita sacred book. Bible verses on Bhagwad Gita And that’s what grounded me, sustained me through those trying pandemic...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Feb 26, 2021 | ART, what's happening in the studio
Often life crushes us down, squeezing us out of our own form. A form we recognise no more- crumpled, constricted, crushed. A form that is no longer Me. We cry, we fret, we struggle over how to iron those creases n folds and get back to the old shape. Little do we know...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Feb 22, 2021 | ART, what's happening in the studio
Life is never flat nor straight. The drama plays out in the folds and creases of emotions- sometimes constricting, sometimes expanding, sometimes falling, sometimes risings, sometimes in order, sometimes all crumbled up. And in that lies the beauty and naturalness of...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Dec 14, 2020 | ART, what's happening in the studio
Wasli Paper No screen can beat the touch and feel of paper. I am all ready to rock and roll with my new roll of Wasli Paper. There is something so special about it this humble sheet of paper. Wasli is a natural hand-made paper, made in layers. Unlike the rough...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Dec 11, 2020 | ART, what's happening in the studio
In today’s tech savvy world, everything can be created-re-created on the Mac machine. Nothing is impossible. I was intrigued when my artist friend gushed over Pro-create App. She updated me on this magic creative tool – every effect of painting medium can be...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Nov 28, 2020 | CULTURE
The Year 2020 has created the biggest cultural disruption at the Home front. Suddenly the house got transformed in form and functionality. Never before have we spent so many waking and sleeping hours at home. All these years we took the home for granted. We fulfilled...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Nov 26, 2020 | CULTURE
Last time when I travelled to the USA, what struck me most was the Culture of The Line! I observed how mechanically people fell into a line in the West. There was no push, no shove. Just a quiet, polite, patient standing in a queue. The concept of ‘personal space’ of...
by Aiyana Gunjan | Nov 25, 2020 | ART, what's happening in the studio
The stroke by stroke flow of calligraphy brings me closer to the gift called the Present. On one hand, the monkey of a mind swings between past and future…being here but wanting to be there. On the other hand, the calligraphy stroke approach anchors my attention to...
