Kathakali dancer Mask

My fascination for masks is never ending....here is my inperpretation of the Kathakali Face.
I usually like to make my own sample..then get it reproduced for production. I can spend hours and days just sewing and cutting away. The first image is he original and the others have been made by a beautiful and talented woman called Prema. Will put pics of her soon.
Its amazing how another person creates different characters out of the same sample reference...the expressions are just sooooo fun!

At peace with the world

 I love being a soulful hippie, a partial goth, sometimes a huge anime and manga otaku, tribal woman from the north east, orient lover, crafty DIY person, Fashionista, Mystic gypsy woman.... soooo much more.

It's funny that I thought that I could describe myself and write down all the ingredients that make me ..me. But it's a tough. So I guess it it will anyway be more fun if you discover one picture at a time.

Posted two of my favorite illustrations.. I guess they are my favorite as I have pleasant memories of them and  as I was under the influence of some natural herbs..what came out on paper seems to be truly what I felt in my heart.

I remember them well..The first one - somehow even at a room  filled with people screaming, dancing and getting high, I felt really calm, I had sat under this bamboo lamp and sketched away oblivious to  the world.

The second one was made in the realm of Pushkar...somehow everytime I have visited there, the place exudes a strong spirituality which I don't know if other people experience.. I guess they do... as it is believed to be the creation point of the 'Bhramand'