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Studio Karva

Pottery & Ceramic Sculpture Classes

Basic + Advcance

Studio Karva is Rashi Jain's work and teaching space.

Open to all ages for classes in basic and advanced training. Commission orders for functional and sculptural work taken on request.

Coming Monday, for a week; 29th April’24, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, till 5th May, Sunday. 11am-7pm

Exhibition of ceramics and painting; With @pradeeplmishra_artworks ,VR 360 film experience by @anshul.pandey.laughed @master3sixty

Would love to see you all 🌸:)

Photo credit: @nirmaljainphoto
#ceramics #painting #exhibition #jehangirartgallery #vrexperience #360film

Coming Monday, for a week; 29th April’24, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, till 5th May, Sunday. 11am-7pm

Exhibition of ceramics and painting; With @pradeeplmishra_artworks ,VR 360 film experience by @anshul.pandey.laughed @master3sixty

Would love to see you all 🌸:)

Photo credit: @nirmaljainphoto
#ceramics #painting #exhibition #jehangirartgallery #vrexperience #360film

Starting 29th April’24, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, till 5th May. Exhibition of ceramics and painting; With @pradeeplmishra_artworks ,VR 360 film experience by @anshul.pandey.laughed @master3sixty

Hope to see you :)

Photo credit: @nirmaljainphoto
#ceramics #painting #exhibition #jehangirartgallery

Starting 29th April’24, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, till 5th May. Exhibition of ceramics and painting; With @pradeeplmishra_artworks ,VR 360 film experience by @anshul.pandey.laughed @master3sixty

Hope to see you :)

Photo credit: @nirmaljainphoto
#ceramics #painting #exhibition #jehangirartgallery

Clay foraged from mountains and water bodies ..finally crushed into slips to glaze; fired with pine waste and jungli wood.

#loess #olsenfastfire

Clay foraged from mountains and water bodies ..finally crushed into slips to glaze; fired with pine waste and jungli wood.

#loess #olsenfastfire

Delhi-Jan 2024 @indianceramicstriennale
In-Transit, the @internationalacademyofceramics show. with @adilwriter @gallerienvya @triveni.kala.sangam

Caught a violent flu soon after helping in setting up the show and missed a chunk of the Triennale events. Nonetheless, lovely moments with local and international friends. Somehow made it to the launch of MRIN- the Indian traditional pottery edition @indian_ceramics @arthshila ;which features insightful articles and my text about the Potters of Kumbharwada, Mumbai.

Favourite moments- re visiting the museums @sanskritikendra with my dearies!

Ever grateful to my family; for lovingly supporting these antics in clay!

Come March: Last few days of the Triennale… hope more and more people can catch it…

#indianceramicstriennale2024 #indianceramics

Delhi-Jan 2024 @indianceramicstriennale
In-Transit, the @internationalacademyofceramics show. with @adilwriter @gallerienvya @triveni.kala.sangam

Caught a violent flu soon after helping in setting up the show and missed a chunk of the Triennale events. Nonetheless, lovely moments with local and international friends. Somehow made it to the launch of MRIN- the Indian traditional pottery edition @indian_ceramics @arthshila ;which features insightful articles and my text about the Potters of Kumbharwada, Mumbai.

Favourite moments- re visiting the museums @sanskritikendra with my dearies!

Ever grateful to my family; for lovingly supporting these antics in clay!

Come March: Last few days of the Triennale… hope more and more people can catch it…

#indianceramicstriennale2024 #indianceramics

Carving over many weeks.

#newstudio #ceramicartist #studiokarva
#indianceramics #process Soulful soundtrack ‘Moksha’ by @prassannart

Carving over many weeks.

#newstudio #ceramicartist #studiokarva
#indianceramics #process Soulful soundtrack ‘Moksha’ by @prassannart

Manthan; Churning and Rising.. (back view)
Cosmic Temple Series.

Join us on 24th Jan 2024, 4:30pm, for Artist presentations at Shridharani Gallery, Delhi @triveni.kala.sangam on the last day of the show, In-Transit, @indianceramicstriennale @gallerienvya @internationalacademyofceramics

📸 @nirmaljainphoto

#indianceramicstriennale #iac #indianceramics #indianceramicstriennale2024 #ceramicsculpture #newwork #pechakucha

Manthan; Churning and Rising.. (back view)
Cosmic Temple Series.

Join us on 24th Jan 2024, 4:30pm, for Artist presentations at Shridharani Gallery, Delhi @triveni.kala.sangam on the last day of the show, In-Transit, @indianceramicstriennale @gallerienvya @internationalacademyofceramics

📸 @nirmaljainphoto

#indianceramicstriennale #iac #indianceramics #indianceramicstriennale2024 #ceramicsculpture #newwork #pechakucha

Manthan; Churning and Rising..
Cosmic Temple Series. 2024

Off to Delhi! @indianceramicstriennale @gallerienvya @triveni.kala.sangam , ‘In-Transit’, on view between 19th-24th Jan 2024 with @internationalacademyofceramics

Hope to see you all there!

📸 @nirmaljainphoto

#indianceramics #indianceramicstriennale2024 #ceramicsculpture #newwork #parallelshow #iac

Manthan; Churning and Rising..
Cosmic Temple Series. 2024

Off to Delhi! @indianceramicstriennale @gallerienvya @triveni.kala.sangam , ‘In-Transit’, on view between 19th-24th Jan 2024 with @internationalacademyofceramics

Hope to see you all there!

📸 @nirmaljainphoto

#indianceramics #indianceramicstriennale2024 #ceramicsculpture #newwork #parallelshow #iac

📸 @vhariphotos
#detail

📸 @vhariphotos
#detail

China, Oct 2023
Lecture, Autumn Art Fair + exhibition at TaoXichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdzhen with @falgunibhatt_ceramics and Indian artists. Ingenious Yixing teapots and warmth, Longquan celadon with @chinaacademyofart and @janet_deboos and friends.

Food! ceramics, meeting new friends and old.
Heart warming! 🤲🏻🍑

Images:
-Lecture Poster at entrance door of @jdzinternationalstudio
-Crash landing at the Symposium in Yixing
-Ecstatic potters in a tool shop
-Carved shard in the Longquan Celadon Museum
-Indian artists gang
-Traditional Dragon kiln
-Big Pot Sculpture Factory Jingdzhen
📸 @michael.ningxl
-Offerings at the ruins of 1000caves hill-Qixia, Buddhist Temple, Nanjing

#lategram

China, Oct 2023
Lecture, Autumn Art Fair + exhibition at TaoXichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdzhen with @falgunibhatt_ceramics and Indian artists. Ingenious Yixing teapots and warmth, Longquan celadon with @chinaacademyofart and @janet_deboos and friends.

Food! ceramics, meeting new friends and old.
Heart warming! 🤲🏻🍑

Images:
-Lecture Poster at entrance door of @jdzinternationalstudio
-Crash landing at the Symposium in Yixing
-Ecstatic potters in a tool shop
-Carved shard in the Longquan Celadon Museum
-Indian artists gang
-Traditional Dragon kiln
-Big Pot Sculpture Factory Jingdzhen
📸 @michael.ningxl
-Offerings at the ruins of 1000caves hill-Qixia, Buddhist Temple, Nanjing

#lategram

Staring back at you’
for Clay in Common @indianceramicstriennale

#indiartfair #indianceramicstriennale

Staring back at you’
for Clay in Common @indianceramicstriennale

#indiartfair #indianceramicstriennale

Work in progress.
Coiling up..

#ceramicartist #ceramicsindia #handbuilding #coiling #sculpturalceramics #terracotta #paperclay #joy #contemporaryceramicsculpture

Work in progress.
Coiling up..

#ceramicartist #ceramicsindia #handbuilding #coiling #sculpturalceramics #terracotta #paperclay #joy #contemporaryceramicsculpture

On the way to shop front. Women of Kumbharwada, Mumbai

Visit with 📷 @mirtamorigiceramics ,earlier this year.

#kumbharwada #dharavi #mumbai #traditionalpottery #indianpottery #matka #terracotta #pottersofmumbai #strongwomen

On the way to shop front. Women of Kumbharwada, Mumbai

Visit with 📷 @mirtamorigiceramics ,earlier this year.

#kumbharwada #dharavi #mumbai #traditionalpottery #indianpottery #matka #terracotta #pottersofmumbai #strongwomen

‘Awakening’
Exhibited at Autumn Fair exhibition, October 2023, at Taoxichuan Ceramic Center, Jingdezhen, China

Happy that it will be part of their collection :)

#carved #clay #highfired #jingdezhen
#rashijain #ceramicartist #indianartist

📷 @vhariphotos

‘Awakening’
Exhibited at Autumn Fair exhibition, October 2023, at Taoxichuan Ceramic Center, Jingdezhen, China

Happy that it will be part of their collection :)

#carved #clay #highfired #jingdezhen
#rashijain #ceramicartist #indianartist

📷 @vhariphotos

new horizon
#wip #newstudio

new horizon
#wip #newstudio

Snippets of making of a ghadha (water pot). Another potter in the premise churns out pots on an electric wheel; which are then paddled as they firm up enough to be handled.

#kumbharwada #traditional #potter #mumbai #dharavi #paddling #indianpottery #claysofindia

Snippets of making of a ghadha (water pot). Another potter in the premise churns out pots on an electric wheel; which are then paddled as they firm up enough to be handled.

#kumbharwada #traditional #potter #mumbai #dharavi #paddling #indianpottery #claysofindia

Kumbharwada,Mumbai

Potter at work: Sidhik bhai

#paddling #matka #waterpot #traditionalpotters #mumbai #kumbharwada #dharavi #incredibleindia #claysofindia #terracotta

Kumbharwada,Mumbai

Potter at work: Sidhik bhai

#paddling #matka #waterpot #traditionalpotters #mumbai #kumbharwada #dharavi #incredibleindia #claysofindia #terracotta

Kumbharwada, Mumbai

#traditionalpotters #mumbai #kumbarwada #incredibleindia #terracotta #matka

Captured by @mirtamorigiceramics

Kumbharwada, Mumbai

#traditionalpotters #mumbai #kumbarwada #incredibleindia #terracotta #matka

Captured by @mirtamorigiceramics

How was @nceca this time?
Not overwhelming! Loved connecting with new and old clay folk ✨

‘Raakh’, lovingly curated by @antrasinhausu @maatimaniac

Glad I could share the talk in person. Got to meet so many of you through that.

Memorable to view works and have made heartfelt exchanges.
❤️‍🔥 the opening and closing key note..Rose and Roxanne Swentzell.. is re-assuring to be with the heart. There is no other way…….; than to be with this oozing.. The conditioning of the East in my veins shaken by the ways of the West every time. Life is extreme either way. Hahah!

The spirit of the land calls. Curious to connect. Reading M.C Richards today, in snow clad Logan, Utah. Shukriya antraji for sharing yeh kitaab.

Thank you NCECA! Takes so much to put this together. More power to each one of you! 💞

To my lovelies.. who I’ve met and yet to meet, during this trip 🥗😘
@critiqueofeverydaylife @umeshmangipudi @sunshineintherains
Bhavna didi, Mili

❄️

Jar is at the @cincyartmuseum
Vase : Lone Elk, Sioux,1899
Rockwood Pottery, est.1880.
Decorator: Mathew Andrew Daly

How was @nceca this time?
Not overwhelming! Loved connecting with new and old clay folk ✨

‘Raakh’, lovingly curated by @antrasinhausu @maatimaniac

Glad I could share the talk in person. Got to meet so many of you through that.

Memorable to view works and have made heartfelt exchanges.
❤️‍🔥 the opening and closing key note..Rose and Roxanne Swentzell.. is re-assuring to be with the heart. There is no other way…….; than to be with this oozing.. The conditioning of the East in my veins shaken by the ways of the West every time. Life is extreme either way. Hahah!

The spirit of the land calls. Curious to connect. Reading M.C Richards today, in snow clad Logan, Utah. Shukriya antraji for sharing yeh kitaab.

Thank you NCECA! Takes so much to put this together. More power to each one of you! 💞

To my lovelies.. who I’ve met and yet to meet, during this trip 🥗😘
@critiqueofeverydaylife @umeshmangipudi @sunshineintherains
Bhavna didi, Mili

❄️

Jar is at the @cincyartmuseum
Vase : Lone Elk, Sioux,1899
Rockwood Pottery, est.1880.
Decorator: Mathew Andrew Daly

Moment of Surrender
Gas fired to 1220 C, Terracotta
2023
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 19°N, 72°E

part of:
RAAKH
A RIVER OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Thank you @antrasinhausu @maatimaniac @nceca @queencityclay for curating and hosting the show.

Photography by @nitin_patel_official

about this work:
Rashi sees ash in the Indian tradition as the ashes from burning of bodies, symbolising the impermanence and evolutionary cycles. Ash or Bhasma is sacred. Bha stands for 'destroy' and Sma, 'remember', signifying Unity with the Supreme Self. In tantra, the skull is a symbol of Life and death. In deep states of silence, the Kundalini, the serpentine energy channel in the body, rises, from the base of the spine to the crown, illuminating the brain. A moment of witnessing the Self: the skull is a symbolic offering, a surrender: dissolving of the body and mind into ash, merging with the cosmos.

#nceca #current2023 #ash #ceramic #sculpture #exhibition #cincinnati #indianceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture

Moment of Surrender
Gas fired to 1220 C, Terracotta
2023
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 19°N, 72°E

part of:
RAAKH
A RIVER OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Thank you @antrasinhausu @maatimaniac @nceca @queencityclay for curating and hosting the show.

Photography by @nitin_patel_official

about this work:
Rashi sees ash in the Indian tradition as the ashes from burning of bodies, symbolising the impermanence and evolutionary cycles. Ash or Bhasma is sacred. Bha stands for 'destroy' and Sma, 'remember', signifying Unity with the Supreme Self. In tantra, the skull is a symbol of Life and death. In deep states of silence, the Kundalini, the serpentine energy channel in the body, rises, from the base of the spine to the crown, illuminating the brain. A moment of witnessing the Self: the skull is a symbolic offering, a surrender: dissolving of the body and mind into ash, merging with the cosmos.

#nceca #current2023 #ash #ceramic #sculpture #exhibition #cincinnati #indianceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture

Process.. coiling to firing…
Artwork: ‘Moment or Surrender’

#newwork #raakh #nceca2023 #contemporarceramicsculpture

Process.. coiling to firing…
Artwork: ‘Moment or Surrender’

#newwork #raakh #nceca2023 #contemporarceramicsculpture

Carving process

#glimpse #ceramics #quanrantinediaries #flashback #contemporaryceramicsculpture #mumbai #indianceramics #processvideo #ceramicvideo

Carving process

#glimpse #ceramics #quanrantinediaries #flashback #contemporaryceramicsculpture #mumbai #indianceramics #processvideo #ceramicvideo

Process

#lastsummer #coiling #terracotta #quarantinestudio #ceramicsculpture #flashback #indianceramics #potteryvideos
#contemporaryceramics #pottery #mumbai

Process

#lastsummer #coiling #terracotta #quarantinestudio #ceramicsculpture #flashback #indianceramics #potteryvideos
#contemporaryceramics #pottery #mumbai

The space within.. as a gateway to an expanse…The inner and outer- as one.

Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

On view till March 2023 @museearianageneve part of international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn
@aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #tantra #rashijain #handbuilt #coiling #carvedceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #paperclay #terracotta #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn #internationalacademyofceramics

The space within.. as a gateway to an expanse…The inner and outer- as one.

Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

On view till March 2023 @museearianageneve part of international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn
@aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #tantra #rashijain #handbuilt #coiling #carvedceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #paperclay #terracotta #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn #internationalacademyofceramics

Holding the Cosmos: the Sun and the Moon in her hands..

Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

On view till March 19th, 2023 @museearianageneve part of international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn
@aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #tantra #rashijain #handbuilt #coiling #carvedceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #paperclay #terracotta #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn #internationalacademyofceramics

Holding the Cosmos: the Sun and the Moon in her hands..

Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

On view till March 19th, 2023 @museearianageneve part of international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn
@aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #tantra #rashijain #handbuilt #coiling #carvedceramics #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #paperclay #terracotta #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn #internationalacademyofceramics

‘ Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

She will spend another few weeks @museearianageneve at the international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn @aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics
Thank you

It was truly humbling to be selected to exhibit with incredibly experienced artists in this show and having met them at the congress in September 2022.

It took almost two years developing the form and material experiments ..and perhaps, lifetimes to experience. Six months of coiling multiple pieces and carving. Time did collapse..merging night into day. It was one of the hottest summers and keeping the paper-clay body moist was a constant. Carving in this scale is a labour of love and patience.

She came alive at various stages and continues to etch a pathway of revelations, that connect dots of my journey in exploring the ‘Body as a Vessel’ and Snakes…transforming the inner negativity to strength.

Here.. the snakes intertwine..symbolically..rising up through the nerves of the body, illuminating the energy channels in the spine.
————————————————————————

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
⚡️how he captures her in such beauty and splendour.

@anantjae for capturing the process over the months.. compiling and editing. We have a beautiful film .. directed by @anshul.pandey.laughed
(on You Tube)

Loving to each one of you, who support this madness. To baba, ma.. eternally ✨

#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #ceramics #paperclay #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn

‘ Cosmic Temple..
infinity contained … ‘

She will spend another few weeks @museearianageneve at the international exhibition, Migration(s), curated by @kunstforumsolothurn @aic_geneva_2022 @internationalacademyofceramics
Thank you

It was truly humbling to be selected to exhibit with incredibly experienced artists in this show and having met them at the congress in September 2022.

It took almost two years developing the form and material experiments ..and perhaps, lifetimes to experience. Six months of coiling multiple pieces and carving. Time did collapse..merging night into day. It was one of the hottest summers and keeping the paper-clay body moist was a constant. Carving in this scale is a labour of love and patience.

She came alive at various stages and continues to etch a pathway of revelations, that connect dots of my journey in exploring the ‘Body as a Vessel’ and Snakes…transforming the inner negativity to strength.

Here.. the snakes intertwine..symbolically..rising up through the nerves of the body, illuminating the energy channels in the spine.
————————————————————————

Photography @nirmaljainphoto
⚡️how he captures her in such beauty and splendour.

@anantjae for capturing the process over the months.. compiling and editing. We have a beautiful film .. directed by @anshul.pandey.laughed
(on You Tube)

Loving to each one of you, who support this madness. To baba, ma.. eternally ✨

#kundalini #goddessmanasa #kumkum #contemporaryceramicsculpture #indianceramics #ceramics #paperclay #iac #iac2022 #museeariana #kunstforumsolothurn

columbian pottery. profound.
museum of ceramics, faenza

many moments.stored

🐺walk down the mountain. a feeling of home in the cradle of green🐶
🐔 perfectly ‘sloppy’ ceramics n emerging critical theories.

#iac2022 #geneva
#switzerland #many #exhibitions

columbian pottery. profound.
museum of ceramics, faenza

many moments.stored

🐺walk down the mountain. a feeling of home in the cradle of green🐶
🐔 perfectly ‘sloppy’ ceramics n emerging critical theories.

#iac2022 #geneva
#switzerland #many #exhibitions

Snippets of creating the artwork over a year.

Direction: Anshul Pandey @anshul.pandey.laughed
Cinematography & Editing: Anant Jain @anantjae
Photography: Nirmal Jain @nirmaljainphoto

The root of my evolution and unconditional guidance in art: gratitude to my guru: Kulavadhuta Satpurananda. Loving support from friends, family and masters. 🌸😘

In exhibition: ‘Cosmic Temple: Infinity Contained’, at Migration(s) till March 2023. @museearianageneve

#ceramicsculpture #indianceramics #manasadevi #repost #museeariana #iac2022 #internationalacademyofceramics

Snippets of creating the artwork over a year.

Direction: Anshul Pandey @anshul.pandey.laughed
Cinematography & Editing: Anant Jain @anantjae
Photography: Nirmal Jain @nirmaljainphoto

The root of my evolution and unconditional guidance in art: gratitude to my guru: Kulavadhuta Satpurananda. Loving support from friends, family and masters. 🌸😘

In exhibition: ‘Cosmic Temple: Infinity Contained’, at Migration(s) till March 2023. @museearianageneve

#ceramicsculpture #indianceramics #manasadevi #repost #museeariana #iac2022 #internationalacademyofceramics

It’s been an enriching week at the 50th IAC Congress, Geneva.

To start with..thrilled to have presented a talk, ‘Finding the Inner Voice: Creating Living Bridges between Tradition, Spirituality and Contemporary Clay practice.’, as the 5 min Breakout Session.

Receiving the New Members felicitation at the opening @museearianageneve

Certainly feel very warmly welcome and part of a world wide family! Ceramic artists are the happiest people, I tell you!

Biggest thanks to all those who have supported me in making it across the oceans.

@internationalacademyofceramics @aic_geneva_2022 #iac #internationalceramics

It’s been an enriching week at the 50th IAC Congress, Geneva.

To start with..thrilled to have presented a talk, ‘Finding the Inner Voice: Creating Living Bridges between Tradition, Spirituality and Contemporary Clay practice.’, as the 5 min Breakout Session.

Receiving the New Members felicitation at the opening @museearianageneve

Certainly feel very warmly welcome and part of a world wide family! Ceramic artists are the happiest people, I tell you!

Biggest thanks to all those who have supported me in making it across the oceans.

@internationalacademyofceramics @aic_geneva_2022 #iac #internationalceramics

‘Migration(s)’ opens at @museearianageneve @aic_geneva_2022 with an incredible showcase of artists from around the globe. What a pleasure it is to meet and share with everyone @internationalacademyofceramics

Thank you @adilwriter for some of these pictures!

#iacgeneva
#iac #rashijainceramics
#museeariana #migrations

‘Migration(s)’ opens at @museearianageneve @aic_geneva_2022 with an incredible showcase of artists from around the globe. What a pleasure it is to meet and share with everyone @internationalacademyofceramics

Thank you @adilwriter for some of these pictures!

#iacgeneva
#iac #rashijainceramics
#museeariana #migrations

‘Open your eyes and face your self’

Photography: Vidyasagar Hariharan @flamingosofmumbai

#newwork #terracotta #kali #art #figurativeart
#contemporaryceramicart #indianceramics
#rashijainceramics #ceramicsculpture

‘Open your eyes and face your self’

Photography: Vidyasagar Hariharan @flamingosofmumbai

#newwork #terracotta #kali #art #figurativeart
#contemporaryceramicart #indianceramics
#rashijainceramics #ceramicsculpture

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