Sometimes sketches don’t just end up in a sketchbook. Sometimes, they end up as a paper-craft, 3-D, pop-up card. This was a very special commission for a very special lady. The brief was quite simple: a card that could sit on the mantle for longer than just her birthday. Accompanied with a list of her favourite flowers and a poem. And voila! This was what it culminated in. My love for ‘building’ things has been an integral part of me since I was a kid. My love for building blocks as a child made me think that I would be an architect one day. Much later I realised I actually enjoyed the act of building things myself, rather than plan on paper. Needless to say, I am not an architect! But I still get to create things on such a personal level as part of my job. Ever ever so lucky and grateful for that.
This was a wonderful day in London when I went to Tower Bridge with a friend who was visiting. As she decided to tour the dungeons and jewels of the Tower of London, I decided to stroll along St Katherine’s docks. This was a sketch done on the banks of the Thames at the docks …
After 8 weeks of lockdown….I really thought I would accomplish ALL that needed to be accomplished. All the stuff that was kept in the back burner or months and weeks due to ‘lack of time’. Did I do it? Of course, no. I did make a dent in a handful quarantine ‘tasks’. But no, I …
When I was younger and felt a bout of procrastination setting in, this quote by Kabiguru Tagore always snapped me back on track- You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
3D Paper Craft Pop Up Card
Sometimes sketches don’t just end up in a sketchbook. Sometimes, they end up as a paper-craft, 3-D, pop-up card.
This was a very special commission for a very special lady. The brief was quite simple: a card that could sit on the mantle for longer than just her birthday. Accompanied with a list of her favourite flowers and a poem. And voila! This was what it culminated in.
My love for ‘building’ things has been an integral part of me since I was a kid. My love for building blocks as a child made me think that I would be an architect one day. Much later I realised I actually enjoyed the act of building things myself, rather than plan on paper.
Needless to say, I am not an architect! But I still get to create things on such a personal level as part of my job. Ever ever so lucky and grateful for that.
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