Everything we did

CLAY POT

We started experimenting with using ceramic paste through cone on a clay pot .
We used mehndi designs on the pot and it worked well.
The ceramic is quite sustainable and permanent and it adds aesthetic value to the pot.
Ceramic works well on terracota and clay and it can be used on different clay and terracota products.

ALARM CLOCK

We took an alarm clock made out of
metal
and we used fine liners on the clock to make mehndi designs on it.
Fine liners are 3D paints that come in tubes. They can be peeled off but they work well on metal.
The fine liner definitely added aesthetic value to the clock.

LAPTOP BAG

We used a leather laptop bag and used fine liners on it again.
We added aesthetic value to it. We also stuck stones by using fabric paint and the mehndi work worked on the bag as it is quite permanent.

ENVELOPES

We made envelopes out of hand made paperand did cone work on them as well with ceramic pasteand fine liners.These envelopes were gift envelopes and the mehndi designs made them different from other envelopes.

Araca leaf plates

We thought of using araca leaf plates to make products that mehndi artists can make easily and sell as araca leaf plates are very cost effective.
We made a range of products. We made a photo frame and 3 different type of mirrors. We made a sweets box and wall hangings as well.

THE MIRRORS

We used araca leaf plates and mirrors and made a wall hanging mirror by sandwiching the mirror between the two plates.
We decorated the plates with jute rope and with mehndi designs using ceramic paste which added a lot of aesthetic value to the products.

THE PHOTO FRAME

We made a photo frame out of 2 araca leaf plates and tiny mirrors.
We used an OHP sheet and ribbon and elastic as well.
Its a wall hanging photo frame.

SWEET BOX

We made a sweet box out of two araca leaf plates by making one of the plates openable half-way and giving it jute rope handles.

CAKE ICING

We thought of other placs where a cone is used and we thought of cakes so we decided to contact bakeries and collaborate with them and get the mehndi artists to work with them as well.
Some of the examples of mehndi cakes is on th facing page.