“My Heritage – Giving”
In the last few months i have been trying to observe and understand my family. Surprisingly I found, not one but many interesting characteristics which define my family and my role in it. I am sure this is not exclusive to my family alone, but also found in different families throughout India no matter their size. The best way to define our culture is by understanding a “family” and it’s values, small or big, joint or nucleus, they all have following things in common – giving, passing it on, uplifting. Most of the time it’s not only our parents, it could be an uncle, an aunt, grandma, grandpa, a sister, a brother or a cousin. What was so striking to me in a family was the way disciplines and knowledge passed on from one generation to another and how amazing that every generation has a story to tell.
There are a few things which are given without asking – love, affection, care; through time some of the things are passed on – knowledge, talents, character, personality. It all started with the word “giving”, I felt optimistic, i saw hope and power in every generation. I started to explore forms which portray “giving”. The form that I have used in the first work is inspired from the way a bird feeds it’s young ones. The opening of the ceramic vessel is made to resemble the mouth of the birds while pecking for food. The texture on the vessel is to show how much they contain, the older one has more to give and the younger one has so much more to receive.
“My Heritage – Giving”In the last few months i have been trying to observe and understand my family. Surprisingly I found, not one but many interesting characteristics which define my family and my role in it. I am sure this is not exclusive to my family alone, but also found in different families throughout India no matter their size. The best way to define our culture is by understanding a “family” and it’s values, small or big, joint or nucleus, they all have following things in common – giving, passing it on, uplifting. Most of the time it’s not only our parents, it could be an uncle, an aunt, grandma, grandpa, a sister, a brother or a cousin. What was so striking to me in a family was the way disciplines and knowledge passed on from one generation to another and how amazing that every generation has a story to tell.There are a few things which are given without asking – love, affection, care; through time some of the things are passed on – knowledge, talents, character, personality. It all started with the word “giving”, I felt optimistic, i saw hope and power in every generation. I started to explore forms which portray “giving”. The form that I have used in the first work is inspired from the way a bird feeds it’s young ones. The opening of the ceramic vessel is made to resemble the mouth of the birds while pecking for food. The texture on the vessel is to show how much they contain, the older one has more to give and the younger one has so much more to receive.