yup.nope.whatever!

to ipad or not to ipad!

2011-02-21T11:22:00.002Z

things i could do with 50000 rupees
- buy a fully loaded ipad 3g-wifi
- or a yamaha motorbike
- or 1/2 a tata nano.
- a good laptop
- or a good dslr.
- splurge on a years supply of cinema tickets and snacky snacks
- buy uncountable alcoholic drinks
- buy between 1200 to 1500 kgs of onions
- half a cng rickshaw.
- 24.5 gms of gold
- invest in a fun new fabulous company, wonkyworks
- 2 years salary for domestic help in some parts of the country
- 10000 empty beer bottles in a dry state to melt and make into art
- 1 second of a big fat corrupt person's time. make that a split second.
- send 8 children to school for a year to save them from child labour
- a square-foot of property somewhere in south mumbai. maybe?
- 8 pairs of ray-bans...

My drawings around India!

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The college exhibition, work of all the students

2009-05-23T19:36:00.002+01:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More glass art

hot hotter hottest

2009-05-22T19:31:00.002+01:00

The biggest piece I have made so far.
I am really really pleased with myself.
hee hee....

hot hot glass...

2009-05-20T22:41:00.000+01:00

more wonky bottles...

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2009-05-11T21:22:00.002+01:00

Hello everybody.
I'm really thankful for the wonderful feedback that I have received.
Though, I would really appreciate people leaving their names.
Cuz, right now I know 24 people named Anonymous.
Thanks,
Ekta.

my first stained glass panel

2009-05-07T14:44:00.001+01:00

Though judging by the time I spend on in, it could be my last.
I'm guessing 30 hours approx.

face

2009-04-08T05:44:00.001+01:00

holes

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little wonky bottles

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Dreams

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Explore. Dream. Discover.

Everybody has dreams.
Dreams of happiness.
Dreams of wealth and power.
Dreams of a peaceful world.
Dreams of flying.
Dreams of being a butterfly.
Dreams of other worlds and aliens.
Dreams of chocolate volcanoes.
Even.
Dreams of rocket powered unicorns.

ps: my theme for the work I'm supposed to be doing ;)

hmmmm...

2009-03-14T11:26:00.002Z

I came to a place where I didn't know anyone
and I found myself
I found myself somewhere strange
and made it my own
I think about where I came from
and love it now
oh how I much I adore it....

another bird

2009-03-11T14:39:00.000Z

i knocked the tip of a wing off. clumsy me..

flying bird

2009-03-10T15:38:00.000Z

little sunflower

2009-03-09T23:37:00.000Z

more cubes

2009-03-08T10:05:00.000Z

my college shelf.

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and this is after i spend a couple of hours tidying up ;)

crazy bottles....

2009-03-06T22:12:00.001Z

In a box! part 2 :)

2009-01-24T14:13:00.001Z

In a box!

2009-01-24T14:11:00.001Z

Had some fun with sandblasting...

2009-01-18T12:25:00.001Z

Using colour. Finally!

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the lone bird

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More stars...........

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Glass slumping

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the 'mad box'

2008-12-22T13:37:00.006Z

This was one of the projects I did in college.
I named it the 'mad box' because I almost lost my mind trying to join all the sides together. I ended up with a box with 14 sides. Anyways, I love it.

My first bottle!

2008-12-14T13:59:00.002Z

Well actually my third bottle. The first two were quite bad :)

Attempt at making a flower

2008-10-31T13:37:00.001Z

Actually 2 attempts.
The one on the left is the second try.

Flameworking

2008-10-31T13:35:00.002Z

Some blobs of glass :0
Maybe I can use them as stirrers.

cracked

2008-10-31T13:33:00.000Z

My first Hot Glass piece with colour.
Unfortunately, it cracked.

Painting on Glass

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2008-10-27T08:22:00.001Z

In the spirit of Diwali, I have decided to give gifts to one and all.
The only thing I can afford and am capable of giving is Glass. :0
So through the next couple of months, please select any work of mine that you like from the blog and post a comment on it, saying you would like to have the glorious piece ;), and it's yours.

PS: Because this is a Public Blog, the offer is valid only for people I know.
Also, depending on which part of the world you are located in, I might not be able to afford the postage ;( sorry, after all I am but a student! So we might have to work that out.

Anyways, hope the feedback keeps me busy through the year :)
Cheers,
Ekta.

A hectic couple of weeks!

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A day of "Firsts"

2008-10-02T18:38:00.003+01:00

I made my first bead today!
I also got my first burn :-(

Practice makes perferct

2008-10-02T11:26:00.001+01:00

We have to make loads of paperweights as practice.
Only two survived the test!

2008-09-23T17:00:00.003+01:00

The first thing I made!!!
Was supposed to be a caterpillar, but methinks it looks like a seal. Also, I think my photography skills are better than my glass ones. What to say, the glass is the master of me.

2008-09-17T14:35:00.004+01:00

Some of the work at the British Glass Biennale 2008.

Glass Glass Everywhere

2008-09-17T14:27:00.002+01:00

I have recently started learning at the International Glass Centre, Brierley Hill, UK and have decided to start a blog to document my mishaps and accidents :-) and also some work (mine as well as others') that I come across. Please bear with me as I'm a first time blogger and things might get a little slow or stale or yawnnnn.....
But keep looking into my blog and comment on anything and everything.
Cheers,
Ekta