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Art&Light Crockery, PostCard Series

Friday, February 10, 2017

In these days of instant communication with whatsapp, skype, google duo and many such similar technologies that make our lives so much easier, we've all but forgotten the charms of receiving a handwritten postcard, from another state, from a different country, from a pen-pal, from a cousin, a friend, a lover, a parent. How we waited for the postman and how much excitement an inland or a handwritten letter brought. I remember when I was studying here in Bombay, during my school and college days, I used to write to my family almost everyday, little anecdotes, what happened in class, what the teacher said, my latest sketch or skit, the idiosyncrasies of a close friend, everything described vividly, and at the end of the week, I would staple it all and mail it to my family. I imagined them laughing over it. I come from a generation when I was given a small amount of pocket money and an std call across states was not something to be indulged in daily. So after a week of posting my latest "mini book" the next call was about cracking up about the written letter and its contents. Always with one eye on the little meter in the booth that told you how much your call is costing you.

This design is dedicated to all those letters and postcards and slow mail which we lovingly wrote to our loved ones. It is dedicated to all those letters that will remain unwritten, it is dedicated to the act of handwriting and to the craft of writing, it is dedicated to the lovers of long hand and old school and fountain pens. It is dedicated to a time when communication merited the time and effort taken to write, then stamp and post, to the long lines in post offices, to the lost red postboxes.

Welcome to the Art&Light Post Card Crockery Series.

Snack platters

Dinner Plates

Snack Platter

Coffee Mugs, green tea mugs, whatever you choose to call it

It is available on the online store. www.artnlight.in - Some of the products are limited in number, so please don't get disheartened if these specific products are "Enquiry only" Please do write to vineeta.artnlight@gmail.com with your name, address and your order. We will definitely get back to you.

Looking forward to hear what you all think about this collection.

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Introducing Art&Light Crockery

Friday, February 10, 2017

For the longest time now there has been a silent love affair going on between me and ceramics. My work till date has been all about colour and design. I love chroma and maximalism and that has been my comfort zone in a way. While exploring executable possibilities of how i could extend Art&Light's range of products to include ceramics, it became clear early on, due to technicalities of the medium that I will need to think differently to work with ceramics. Simplicity in design and colour would be necessity. No layering, textures, all the things that I normally love would not work here. People who have been following my work might know of my love for typography. So got back to the drawing board and after many rounds of sampling between 2 states and improvisations, here is the 1st of the two designs.

What I especially love about this series is that nothing is perfect. There are irregularities. Little specs scattered on the plates and crockery, not evenly. The edge of the plate has an hand-drawn outline. It is irregular. Because the products are handmade - there are slight variations and imperfections piece to piece.

The quotes on these products have earned them a lot of love 💗

"Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things." ~ Chaim Potok

“It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.”

― Malcolm X

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."~ Henry James

""There is no sincerer love than the love of food."~ George Bernard Shaw

"Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity." ~Louise Fresco

Monochrome and simplicity. Yes, this does work for me. It is available on the online store. www.artnlight.in - Some of the products are limited in number, so please don't get disheartened if these specific products are "Enquiry only" Please do write to vineeta.artnlight@gmail.com with your name, address and your order. We will definitely get back to you.

Looking forward to hear what you all think about this collection.

40% Sale

40% SALE on artnlight.in and a Happy 2017!!!

Friday, January 13, 2017

So lets begin 2017 with a bang. Announcing the BIGGEST Sale on artnlight's online store till date - its a flat 40% off on all products on www.artnlight.in - why?
because this is the best way to create excitement
because I want more and more people to own an artnlight piece for the 1st time
because I wish more and more people have more and more artnlight in their homes
because what goes around come around
because I want to start saying it like it is
because 2016 could have been better than it was
because if I sell more I can make more and I can pay more

because I did not fire a single person from my team because the going got tough
because I want you to know that when you buy an artnlight piece, you help me continue creating beauty and live a life that holds meaning for me.
because I believe in living an honest entrepreneurs life,
because I believe in paying my suppliers when I promised them I would.
because for once I am not going to stop myself from being honest for the fear that I will sound like a whiner
because this is my choice and I wish to continue creating beautiful work
because I will not let the artist in me get mortified about "selling" and "looking repetitive" and "pushy"
because it will be so easy to not do the needful
because while markets, competition, modi and demonitisation might be realities, there is a larger reality which is my choice
because I would rather stick my neck out for my honest work
because I was scared to announce such a FAT sale before
because a lot of time, love and effort go into creating each piece of artnlight with our hands
because each piece is then bubble wrapped lovingly and kept in our workshop so it does not get dusty and worn
because a part of me cringes when I sell at what is much less than my products worth
because I want to challenge all those parts of me which are insecure and scared
because every part of me is mortified that I have written this post & soon will hit "publish"
because a 40% discount and this post is just WAY outside my comfort zone.
because this is the best way to create excitement
because I want more and more people to own an artnlight piece for the 1st time
because I wish more and more people have more and more artnlight in their homes
because what goes around come around
Happy 2017 my people.

May all of us have the courage to be more of who we are, say more of what we think

This year

May we allow ourselves to be, to say, to do, all that we have wanted to.

Its ok if crap is what comes of it, it is at-least done with :)

Back to the 40% discount on all artnlight products. Once you have chosen your products on www.artnlight.in and added them to your cart, do apply the Coupon Code HNY2017 before you proceed to checkout. Happy Shopping, Happy Artnlight & Happy 2017 :)

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Artnlight Cushions are here!

Saturday, January 10, 2015

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Wish you a brilliant 2015 + Give-away Winners

Monday, January 05, 2015

The beginning of another New Year. Another chance, actually 365 more chances. A lot of things have been going through my head these past couple of weeks, and some of the things that are blinking back at me bright are the things that I would not have caught myself thinking of earlier. These are things that I need to look at, and bring in more of. I just wanted to share that with you.

And a new year is as good a time as any other to take stock and to look ahead. I wish each of you a brilliant and beautiful 2015. A year where you get closer to the way you want yourself and your to be. A year of bravery, not necessarily the loud kind, but the kind of bravery that it takes to wake up into another day and give it a genuine fresh shot, the bravery it takes to love better. The bravery it takes to speak a truth you've always known but never spoken to the one closest to you. The bravery it takes to take your work to the next level. The bravery it takes to learn something new. The bravery it takes to admit you might have been wrong. The bravery it takes to say no, simply and clearly without feeling the need to justify yourself.

And the things that I mentioned that were blinking brightly at me are:

Its ok to ASK. For anything, for help, support, it might mean just asking for a conversation with someone because you've missed them in your life. I've figured it does not come easily for me to ask. But who knows what that will open up. No chance, no dance :)

The other thought that been going on and around in my head is to go in and nourish from the inside without worrying about the outside. Which might translate to doing things for yourself and your body, which might translate to starting a practice - anything, conscious breathing, drawing, just listening to music and doing nothing else along with that - you get the drift. In this smartphone and facebook era where the immediate temptation is to do and show - why not start something just for yourself which is not about sharing with the whole world. Its a thought.

There have been 2 give-away's running on this blog & the new year is a brilliant time to announce the lucky winners. Harishi is the winner of this Syu scarf.

Congratulations Harishri, please do contact Syu with your mailing address.

AND. Shilpa Kamath Prabhu is the winner of the Artnlight Hamper from the Artnlight Season of Gratitude Year-End Sale.

Congratulations Shilpa, do mail your address to the Artnlight FB inbox. And it will be shipped to you :)
Looking forward to another year full of action. Watch this space, there are some really exciting announcements I have to make. 2015 already looks good. Happy Happy new year to each and every one of you :) What are the things that you are looking forward to this year?

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Artnlight Flash Sale

Saturday, December 27, 2014

An Indian Summer

Art&Light at Serendipity, Delhi with An Indian Summer - Part 1

Sunday, November 02, 2014

Late, but better than never. I talk of the exhibition which was so much more than that and true to its word, it was really a Celebration of Design, Art & Culture. When I look back at the 3 days in Delhi, I'm filled with wistfullness, because that time won't come again. Why do I miss it so much? The pure adrenalin, the rush, the anticipation of how well an event will go, the unpacking and setting up - which we could do at leaisure. How beautiful Serendipity looked. When I think back the one visual that is dear to me will be the continual sweeping of the floors with Khus scented water, to cool the place down. And Bhavna diligently dropping fragrance into the huge marigold decorated pots at Serendipity. It was another world, so different from Bombay, so differently paced. And yet once the exhibition began it was business as usual. I have been at exhibitions where business has been so slow that I have had enough and more time to shoot, to hang out and socialise with fellow exhibitors. I had prayed that this should not be such an exhibition - yes I had wished that I be so busy selling that there was no time to hang out and chill. And yet when my wish was granted, I found myself wishing for a few moments of rest when I could relax and catch a relaxed bite at the beautiful terrace at Serendipity which I only could discover at the very fag end of day 1 of the exhibition. Sharing a few pics from that day - when we shot before the people came in and work began.

Delhi was so much warmth, of people who came in - so many told me "we've been readers of your blog for so many years & finally you are here" Meeting one of my 1st few buyers Vani Kurup, hearing that she still uses my products & that they are going strong, were special moments.

Leehkin and

Tejinder Singh

Catch Thiru S's monumental work at his website

Rugberry

Anais Basu of Tia Pakhi and Thiru S in a relaxed moment - before the madness began :)

If anything is as good looking as their work it is the power girls themselves. Flag bearers of the exceptional Ek Karkhana & Miraas Jewellery

All set for the fabulous Hindustani Music by Vidya Shah, who transported the listeners to another era. And what better setting than the beautiously lit Serendipity.
Stay tuned for one more post where you get to see close ups at the Art&Light room and better dekkos at Tia Pakhi and Leekhin.
Image credits: Vineeta Nair, Serendipity, Anaam