Bruises.......

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This mixed media is made using a book page, texture paste and inks. Hope the texture is visible here. The contrast of stark brutal black on the softness of book print and lavender and the scratches on the background somehow speak to me as brutal attacks and violence on women( the rapes, acid attacks,domestic violence, female foeticide continue..........). Time may heal the physical wounds but what about the bruises left on the soul............

Bruises, mix-media on paper and inks, 2014

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Subconsciousness...........

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Tried mix media and inks..........

Subconscious, Mix-media and Inks on paper, 9"x11", 2014

a closer look.................

Subconscious, Mix-media and Inks on paper, 9"x11", 2014

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Emerge...........

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hope you are liking this series ........another ink on paper.......lots of layers and some effect with salt too....click on pics for a closer view....

Emerge, ink on paper, 9"x6", 2014

Emerge, ink on paper, 9"x6", 2014

a closer look..........................

Emerge, ink on paper, 9"x6", 2014


another close up......................

Emerge, ink on paper, 9"x6", 2014

Update ..................this work along with some others is getting published in a book of poetry "Irom Sharmila, A Cry For Peace". Sharmila Irom is also called the "Iron Lady of Manipur", she is a civil rights activist and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. On 2 November 2000, she began a hunger strike which is still ongoing. Irom Sharmila has been regularly released and rearrested every year since her hunger strike began. Her primary demand to the Indian government is the complete repeal of the AFSPA which has been blamed for violence in Manipur and other parts of northeast India.

(The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), is an Act of the Parliament of India which was passed on 11 September 1958. It is a law with just six sections granting special powers to the Indian Armed Forces in what the act terms as "disturbed areas").

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Pulsating Moments.............a Mix-media series

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My first experiments with Mix-media.................

Pulsating Moments 1, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments 1, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments 2, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments 2, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments 3, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments 3, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

Pulsating Moments ............a Mix-media series, 2014, Paper, 8.5"x 11.5"

I have used Camlin drawing inks and homemade Gesso on paper, a handcut stencil and white ink and vintage photo distress ink to age the paper.
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