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My showstopper competition piece at Cakeology
2018
A mammoth task I'd undertaken considering it was
a showstopper. I'd tried to incorporate as many
different techniques as possible to bring the central
concept to life.
Stories are such a big part of our culture.
Mythology, sacred texts, history are all written or
told in the form of stories. These stories are
manifest in the various art forms all over India. And
Krishna is one such Icon who has influenced every
art form in every part of the country.
LEELA
Krish~na - The dark one, the all attractive one or
the absolute truth !
No Indian art or craft is complete without a
magnificient display of the Krishna consciousness.
Whether it is the Temple Sculptures or traditional art
forms, like Tanjore, Kerala Mural art, Kalamkari,
Patachitrakatha, granite sculptures of Karnataka,
Cheriyal of Telangana or Rajasthan miniatures, even
the Bishnupur depiction of krishna leelas into
weaving of Sarees, you name it, there is no native
art or folk form without a Krishna theme.
Over many centuries Krishna has become an
integral part of the Hindu society, as much as the
Bhagawat Geetha & Mahabharatha. Painting, music,
dance, and theater were the visual, aural and kinetic
counterparts of this powerful and all pervasive
movement, the "Krishnatattva ".
It has captured the imagination of artists from
different geographic regions of this subcontinent,
divided by huge variations in regional and local
subcultures, a diversity that is so integral to the
Indian society, yet united by universally adopting
this theme of Krishna into their own culture.
Today this theme is being extended and adopted to
the cake art form too, for the sheer opulence,
vibrancy, variation & cheerfulness it depicts, a
celebration of life itself, so colourful, integrating &
embracing all forms of life into its fold, that it can
only be truly representative of a universal
consciousness of love, truthfulness, righteousness,
pragmatism and worldly wisdom.
**All the techniques used are explained in the
individual photos
Unfortunately there were some areas which I
couldn't finish in time and they remained
underworked.