A Stencil I made. This took me about 2 days on the whole, from drawing out the design using the resources available at home, since I didn't have any precise instruments to get the shapes, I had to improvise. The cutting was the fun part, since this is a little thicker than illustration board, I went through three exacto blades in two days, but it was definitely worth it. Love working on intricate paper work!

This is my first attempt at making a character out of paper. Just something I made casually over some free time I had.

This is a model of a bullock cart that I am still working on.

This is my attempt at making a miniature potted plant. :)

Paper trees

These are some trees I made inspired by Su Blackwell's trees. These were prototypes for the set I built completely out of paper and plaster of paris for my thesis. It was a park scene with a bench surrounded by trees. I made two detachable stages so that I could get good depth of field while filming.

by the lotus pond

I miss running out into the rain and placing paper boats into streams of water and watching them float away.... so I decided I'd simulate it in paper as a dedication to old childhood habits :)

Snneeeaky!

I've been wanting to make a street lamp for sometime now, and so once I'd made my first attempt at it, I decided it needed something more. That's how he happened :D

on rocky seas

This was a small little set I made with paper waves and a whale jumping across. I still have to shoot it, but for now, this is how far it has come.

My weekend escapade :D

I wrote a letter today after so long and I posted it! :) Since its been so long, I've done either of those, I decided, I'd make it special. In the pic above, you see the envelop I made and the design I drew amd cutout to stick at the back, coz only brown just didn't seem complete.

I like how it turned out, I had a few more things in mind I wanted to add to the design, but next time will make sure, I have more space.

During August is when we celebrate a festival called 'Ganesh Chaturthi.' It has been a family tradition that every year we make dioramas and decorate the idol and the set for the idol. We even make our own idol. These are the decoration from last year. :D This is what we made in 2009 at my brother's place.

These two people I made using illustration board and handmade paper and copper wire.
These are traditional pilgrims of lord Ganesha from Maharashtra. The people are as tall as 8 cms.






The paper cut design in the front took me almost 4 hours to design and then cut. Was the first time I tried something like this.



This is the complete decoration.

tree prototypes

These are some trees I made as prototypes for my set. I made these over the winter vacation last year.



this was made with illustration board and card board from a packaging box.



This was made with strips of drawing paper stuck close together on a twister copper wire.



This palm tree is my fav! :D It took the least amount of time and came out looking the best! I made this with drawing paper and copper wire again.



This one I used handmade paper twister it and then stuck the pieces on twisted copper wire.

As part of my thesis, I wanted to build a set from paper. The trees, the benches, the landscape, everything I made from paper. The landscape I made with plaster of paris and newsprint. The tree trunk I made with drawing paper, and the leaves and the benches, were made from illustration board. These are all pictures while I was still completing the set.

I spent about 14 weeks to put it all together and I really enjoyed the whole process. Unfortunately, the set was lost during a school departmental move. Now, everything is Cg and it all built in Houdini. I have tried to keep the look the same.

PS: the place-holder cutout of my character is standing in stop motion clay and not chewing gum :)

paper by the sea

photoshop-ness