Tuskers in the spotlight

Sunday, July 10, 2005

This is one of my favorite pieces on handcraft from India. This herd of mommy and baby elephants was carved from a single stone. There's also an elephant inside the big elephant!

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Poompuhar?

Arunz

Posted by Anonymous | 7/10/2005 2:18 PM

nice one, a bit tricky lighting situation. red stands out keeping the actual subject a bit on the back burner.

Posted by Srikanth | 7/11/2005 3:16 AM

Beautifull color, love the mono chromatic effect. Is the elephant also actually red?

Posted by pk | 7/11/2005 7:49 AM

ian, thanks. yeah ... i've seen those wooden ones as well .. wonder how they do it!

arunz .. thanks.. not poompuhar. VTI chennai i think.

srikanth .. yeah, ur right, it was tricky. but the elephant is made of a dull stone anyway :)

kaleidoscope, its coz of the lighting .. the elephant is actually kinda dull green.

Posted by Kamakshi | 7/11/2005 8:00 AM

Dull green?? unbelievable Kams. I like the table cloth's texture..:)

Posted by Potpourri | 7/11/2005 2:28 PM

Oh!! this one reminds me of the one i had when i was 5yrs old.It was a sandalwood Elephant family.Good one.

Pratap

Posted by Anonymous | 7/12/2005 12:55 PM

thanks Potpourri, Pratap and Lefiera!

Posted by Kamakshi | 7/13/2005 1:23 AM