I kept a diary during my visit to Rajasthan in 2006, and the 4 friends who spent time with me during the trip were constantly asking after our return if I had finished the diary. The result was that I made 5 copies of the diary, one for each of us!
The image used on this book is drafted from a close up photograph of the bronze door at the Taj Mahal. It is not intended that this is an exact replica of the picture but an artist’s impression.
Once the image is burned away, the design is placed on purple silk in order to “throw†the image forward. The book is a recycled spring binder with a tailor made cover incorporating the prepared design.
The finished diary which has now gone back to India to our tour guide.
The cover for my diary was inspired by a silver pendant of “Ganesh†the Elephant God which was bought from a wonderful silver jewellery shop whilst travelling to Udaipur, Rajasthan.
The pendant was photographed, enlarged and the image traced to make a working pattern for the project.
The image is then stitched through the paper pattern to transfer it to the fabric.
The finished image backed with blue silk and set into a diary cover made of sari fabric
The finished 5 diaries, from back left and clockwise; design taken from a marble inlay panel at the Taj Mahal, my diary featuring Ganesh, elephants from a wall drawing at the Fatehpur Sikri Palace, carved marble panel from the Taj Mahal and lastly the bronze door at the Taj Mahal.
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