While the parents work, kids are cooking something else at Devrai Art Village! Nidhu, Than and Pratima bring Gadchiroli and Bastar, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh together...
#children #play

Let the energy flow till the depths of where it came from @devraiartvillage ...
One of our first pieces of Art cast in aluminium fused with stone and molten brass .
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#aluminium #metalcasting #stone #crystals #brass #rockdhokra #artoninstagram #sculpture #energy

Dragonfly and the little boy!
#dragonfly #lilies #child #fantasy
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Dragonfly and the little boy!
#dragonfly #lilies #child #fantasy
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The natural curve of the stone inspired the artist Somesh Madhavi to create a chameleon that’s turning, perhaps to catch a prey!
This piece was sold immediately as it came to the gallery. Anybody interested in getting a Rock Dhokra chameleon, do let us know, we have become experts!

Cleaning the artefacts after they have been cast.
Ishaan, a boy from St Xavier's in Mumbai, specializing in how animals perceive the world and their sense of aesthetics finds Devrai Art Village of interest! He returns tomorrow after a month's stay here! We wish him all the best!
#aesthetic #perception #eye

Seated on the moon, let's play a tune!
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#music #rockdhokra #metalart

What a proud bearing! Sambhar deer, prey for Tiger...@devraiartvillage
#wildlife #tiger #forest

When I saw Natasha, an intern from Srishti School of Design, Bangalore, interacting with kids of Devrai artists who have come far flung ‘underdeveloped’ areas of Gadchiroli and Bastar to Panchgani, it was an insight into the future growth of India... And technology can play a great role in this but how many apps are created to facilitate real learning/ education in comparison to branding and selling of luxury items! All our craftsmen and women have mobiles and I realised it has become so easy to WhatsApp them images of world art to give an exposure to modern sensibility and contemporary taste. Hence you can see Diyari, an iron craftsman from Bastar creating his own concept of a spaceship using a dried gourd! The Dhokra Lamborghini was also one such creation. Sampada is emulating Mandala designs on pebbles with wax threads which after casting turn into Brass! Immense possibilities are knocking at our doors...