It's late evening and our car is navigating through the winding roads on the hill, it's in the middle of a forest and we wonder if we have reached the right address. We spot the steps leading d…
Earth, water and the blues
Amongst the whites and blues of the ocean and the architecture around me in Santorini Island in Greece, I was feeling quite blue. I had not found a ceramic artist or a designer on the island to featur…
SHAYONTI SALVI – HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, AND HANDS ON THE EARTH
As she added water to it, the clay nestled and moved swiftly in and out of her palms. Now, she would sculpt the concept playing in her mind for a while, and it would take shape with contact with air a…
IN A SPIN – A POTTERS TALE!
IN A SPIN - A Potters Tale! a poem dedicated to Babu Sanchaniya. As the earth spins, Creating day and night in our world And letting life grow; I too, spin. I spin As He with his magic caresse…
Crafted Indigo – The ‘Ajrakhpur’ Cosmo Of Block Printing
When our team at Designdrift was contemplating upon the idea of creating this year’s first issue with celebration of printing, I knew that at least for one piece there was no need for mu…
Vimpt – from new viewfinders to old prints
In a dark room in the United Kingdom, Craig Austin would be bent over, developing printed photographs. Outside the room, his smartphone would be blaring with Instagram posts—a monochrome sunflower, a …
Prin(t)cess Of Antiques, Old Letters and New Prints
You cannot help but be attracted to the space. First, the loud music blaring out of the studio door invites you in where you see a printing press dominating most of the space with its big wheel. Cans …
Printing, Sculpting and Everything in Between Jayesh Shukla
In 7th grade, aged 12, Jayesh Shukla had his first association with press by selling newspapers in Ahmedabad. His association was more than just a swift transferring of newspapers, he knew the …
GIVING WINGS TO DRIFTING THOUGHTS
The exhibition is called, “Please Have a Seat.” Here, one of the exhibits show a white background with a simplified sketch of a pair of arms stretching themselves. They could belong to a man, or a wom…
DRAWING HER OWN LINES
Frau Ireen-Christin von Zielonka-Wyczliński [Ireen Zielonka] I knocked on the door of studio No 2054 A at the Europian Creative Centre, Weißensee, Berlin for an appointment which has already been resc…