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12/12/2016

Tribute to Indigo Blue Gold Vaikunth Flower Show December 2016 Awesum Exhibition of Hand Made textiles History Documentary Film and World of flowers!

 A Tribute to Indigo, the Beautiful colour!Powerful dignified, and a beautiful colour for activating intuition capabilities. a Combination of Blue and Violet. Indigo is a natural pigment coming from plants. 
At the Piramal Vaikunth Flower Show, Balkum, Thane, 10 and 11th December and 17, 18th December 2016. History, display or original hand made, hand painted traditional  textiles, documentary film and of course a World of Flowers! 
Documentary film

Display Indigo Vaikunth Flower show

Hand made hand painted Vaikunth Flower Show 

Ikat

Batik Tribute to Indigo

Blue Gold Vaikunth flower show 

Piramal vaikunth

Mahatma Gandhi Vaikunth Flower show

Entrance of Piramal Vaikunth Balkum Thane

The Blue Gold Indigo Exhibit at Vaikunth flower Show

Indigo Display History of Indigo Dyeing in Japan


Wedding Cloth from java, display Exhibit at Vaikunth Flower show

Indigo is a color that is traditionally regarded as a color in the visible spectrum, as well as one of the seven colors of the rainbow: the color between blue and violet. Although traditionally considered one of seven major spectral colors, sources differ as to its actual position in the electromagnetic spectrum. Indigo is a deep and bright color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine.
The color indigo is named after the indigo dye derived from the plant  Indigofera tinctoria and related species. The earliest direct evidence for the use of indigo dates to around 4000 BCE and comes from Huaca Prieta , in contemporary Peru. Pliny mentions India as the source of the dye, imported in small quantities via the Silk Road. The Greek term for the dye was Ἰνδικὸν φάρμακον ("Indian dye"), which, adopted to Latin as indicumand via Portuguese gave rise to the modern word indigo.El Salvador has lately been the biggest producer of indigo.
Indigo was actually a plant that got its name because it came from the Indus Valley, discovered some 5,000 years ago, where it was called nila, meaning dark blue. And by the 7th Century BC, people starting using the plant as a dye—the Mesopotamians were even carving out recipes for making indigo dye onto clay tablets for record-keeping. By 1289, knowledge of the dye made its way to Europe—when the Venetian merchant traveler Marco Polo reported on it.
But it wasn’t until 1640 when demand started to pick up for indigo. Spanish explorers discovered an American species of Indigo and began to cultivate the product in Guatemala. The English and French subsequently began to encourage indigo cultivation in their colonies in the West Indies. Indigo dye could be made from two different types of plants—the indigo plant, which produced the best results, and from the woad plant. 
Isaac Newton introduced indigo as one of the seven base colors of his work. In the mid-1660s, when Newton bought a pair of prisms at a fair near Cambridge, the East India Company had begun importing indigo dye into England, supplanting the homegrown woad as source of blue dye. Newton acknowledged that the spectrum had a continuum of colors, but named seven: "The original or primary colours are Red, yellow, Green, Blew, & a violet purple; together with Orange, Indigo, & an indefinite varieties of intermediate gradations. He linked the seven prismatic colors to the seven notes of a western major scale as shown in his color wheel, Having decided upon seven colors.Indigo is therefore counted as one of the traditional colors of the rainbow, According to Isaac Asimov, "It is customary to list indigo as a color lying between blue and violet, but it has never seemed to me that indigo is worth the dignity of being considered a separate color. To my eyes it seems merely deep blue. ”(Google credit, Wikipedia)
Me at the Gallery display of Hand made Indigo Textiles

Tribute to indigo at Vaikunth flower show

Amazingly beautiful landscape garden 


At the Vaikunth flower show Family of Elephants


Bright Violet, deep blue, vibrant, it is a more deepened shade of blue. Has a lot for spiritual energy and used in traditional batik and textiles till date. Loved by artists , especially spiritual healing artists. The colour of healing the third eye, the chakra of creativity, the spiritual chakra, the energy of awakening, enlightenment. Not only my favourite colour it is a special colour close to my heart and my art, and it was great to learn about the beginnings, history regarding this beautiful colour. My French Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Manganese Blue, Prussian Blues,  All towards Indigo!
The most evolved, colour at the uppermost level of our chakra system. Strong Symbolism, Feng Shui, beautiful energy to attacrt wisdom, confidence, intuitive abilities, focus and control of mind and thoughts. 
Thank you for coming by Razarts! 
Your's The Red Pilgrim
Thanks a Lot Piramal Realty group for Such an Awesum Beautiful experience! God Bless!

Butterfly's sculpture 
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore" 
Thanks a Lot 
All the Best from Rizwana!
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12/07/2016

Four Clover Luck Symbolism What to do when you find a four clover leaf

Four Clover Luck
Four Clover luck, leaf , rarely found and if seen by some one has traditional symbolic beliefs that it brings goodluck. The four leaves clover, four petals, looks unique, each petal symbolizes a different meaning and energy. There is faith, hope, love and luck.
One learns to trust the Universe and nature has its own way to bring symbolism in front of us in some way or another if we are aware and conscious about this. Symbolizes spiritual growth.
According to Irish lore, each leaf symbolizes differently. Respect, wealth, love, health. The three clover leaf represents Trinity, father, son and the holy spirit. and when a four leaf clover is spotted it represents God's grace.  The color green in Feng Shui symbolizes growth and wealth. It is also considered a symbol of abundance and wealth as greens growing act as food for livestock.  There is a natural fragrance in the clover leaf, bringing about a feeling of well being.
Four Clover plant, Trifolium repens, has one of the leaf slightly smaller than the other three. A symbol of goodluck and prosperity. Charms and lucky amulets are found with the four clove images. Never realized this was such a spiritual experience as I had few months back seen four clovers in our garden popping up naturally in containers. No I did not know about the symbolism back then. Nor about the goodluck symbolism, but after searching Google and reading about the traditions and lores, well it is considered auspicious to spot one, and it is believed to come forhte only for a chosen few, so if you try hard and look for it maybe,  you may not find these.
Then also people believe that these leaves must be stored and gifted to special people to spread the Universe blessings and luck. Well next time I see some , will definitely place them in my book with loads of respect and love! like I have my bird feathers and my Gulmohar flowers petals.
Every symbol that comes up in my mind and keeps repeating,  gets a place in my healing art, the painting above- Four Clover Luck, symbolic, petals, lucky charm, Tibetan Eight auspicious symbols.
What would you do if you find one? well consider yourself lucky, a beautiful symbol from the universe for welcoming its blessings. Luck and blessings come in known and unknown sources and ways, just be alert and happy. Another important point to mention, people I have noticed just go on cloud nine with happiness on finding a four clover leaf, and then just forget about this. , do not forget to keep up your hard work and efforts, it is only then that the effects will gradually, beautifully emerge,  be visible in forms of abundance, healed relationships and wealth luck. Wealth will shower in may ways, and not just money  cash. it can be in form of offers and discounts, unexpected gifts, free passes and even in getting opportunity to spend Awesum times with family togetherness if you long and wish that! The universe keeps blessing us with symbols and I always say, The Universe has everything in abundance, we just have to tap this! Do share your experiences if you find a four clover leaf !
meanwhile obsessively continuing painting, upcycling some old paintings, burning a few , recycling,repainting some!  am in the mood of Christmas fantasy magic and making some beautiful paintings form my heart, trust me, Magic Happens! Magical Sky I want to fly, I Am on The List! Christmas Dreams!
Thank you, All the Best from Rizwana!
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12/02/2016

Energy of your home while you choose art prints for your wall ! Some Tips for judiciously adding art to your life with art prints

What do you express when you add up a whole lot of art prints to your home wall? Think about this!
While art prints are available at very low prices, now , so easily, almost every other arty website offers cheap art prints, wall decals, art stickers,  of just about any masters paintings! So you think why not buy a whole lot, many art prints and decorate a whole wall, isn't it so classy and arty!
Before After Chololatey birds reiki Art on wall urban decor 


combination artworks for style statement art wall 



my original art printed totes( not available as I deleted my fine art america profile!)

art printed cushions (not available)


Well no,
1) the energy of art prints is zero!
2) as also the social status of an art print is always considered, and  truly is,  lower than an original hand made painting. So your home looks like just any other home with art decorated but not classy and
3) what more these cheap art prints also do end up in bins with a least hint of redecorating thought.
So does this reflect you and your personality and your value system, give this a thought. Would you share with the same excitement a conversations about  a wall covered with many cheap art prints?
People do tend to buy a whole lot of art prints as they are easily available and really dirt cheap! Then also there is tendency to go over board by adding up too much for your walls, as price does not matter while buying prints, they are very cheap as compared to originals.
Then I also chanced upon printing sites that let you get customized printed objects and prints. So Karma is let aside and people go ahead and copy paste images they like for free from Google and get these framed! think about this...did you take permission from the artist to use their art images? 
The Feng Shui energy of your home in every aspect of your life will reflect your simple decisions. While people question the effects of Universe, they hardly give a thought for their actions.
Some Mistakes with Cheap art prints displayed on walls-
1) Most of the times they are emotional decisions going with colour , price, and hardly any thought given to symbolism, obviously it may sometimes backfire from Vaastu and Feng Shui  energy point of view.
2) Art prints are printed commercially and have no personal energy. machine made products, even feng shuii cures items and Vaastu objects are prepared in bulk so they may have imperfections and nothing but low energy. 
3) They are produced in such large numbers almost you bump up in every next home with the same art print! ha ha ha, yes you visit a homes and see the same art print you are hanging in your costly decorated new home! or you gift someone a framed artwork and see a same print hanging there already! so embarrassing!
Paintings displayed in kitchen for family happiness and abundance

4) Packages and Offers on combinations of purchases are made to lure customers to spend more! again a mistake as you may be forced, to buy the other art prints also and tend to bring in not so good energy.
5) Sizes may differ and in case you tend to choose according to cheapest ones, so the quality of the art prints also may differ. The images and photos shown on websites may differ from the end product print you receive. This is not mostly with original paintings as original colors are much richer than what comes in photos, I always say photographs can never do justice to my original healing paintings, you have to see personally, touch, feel my art! to experience its beauty! I don't sell art prints! I had my portfolio with galleries' and fine art America art print and printed products website  but I deleted those profiles, it wouldn't go with my conscience to earn money from selling my art prints!
6) Art prints do look like prints! the whole atmosphere looks artificial and mars the decor element of your space. They are flat, and even, hardly any thing more than an image. No textures, no smell of paint and flat machine products framed in cheap acrylic frames!
7) Overdoing is one thing you tend to do with cheap art prints! There is a tendency to add up too much! which transfers to the whole room decor and lowers the complete style quotient.
If you are about to buy art prints for your walls-
1) Go for art you love and not just the famous artists art prints as these prints are  almost everywhere.
2) Try to find out about prices , original art is affordable nowadays and you may end up buying an original hand painted artwork in the same price or a bit higher! hand made Energy is beautiful and irreplaceable!
3) Choose carefully art for walls going about with some Vaastu and Feng Shui knowledge and guidance, thus also utilizing the art print  for your benefit.
4) For gifting purposes try to avoid art prints, they show your thoughts and also may not be appreciated by the receiver, especially if receiver is one at a higher post, as an original artwork is. Most often gifted art prints end up being gifted to some one else! they don't find a home soon! Original hand made art even if small size will be appreciated, trust me!
5) Avoid large sized art prints, they are flat and sometimes even ordinary road side stall  posters are well off then these. The increased size, I have tried this, distorts the images and then art prints have a clause of no returns!
6) Prints are  a respite in special areas and public places where it is not safe to hang original costly paintings. smaller ones can be added to areas and spaces where original art work display is risky and avoided. Like the one who wanted to activate the wealth sector that came in the garage sector, so a cheaper print , purchased along with  hand signed by the artist is good.
People are spreading awareness and beautifying walls of cities with inspiring and beautiful hand paintings and many artists are doing this for social cause. 
7) The painting prints will not be able to show the textures or effects, they are flat images, so might as well buy a cheaper poster that is glossy and attractive.
8) buy art prints from artists, they will be supported and encouraged as also a gesture from your side to help seem one pursue their dreams and those who give their life for art! yes, every sale matters, I know being in the profession of making art since year 2000, earlier there was so much struggle and no sales, we have to keep making art especially off beat art like I follow, not everyone connects and buys, so we have to continue with our own resources to follow our heart. I would not even share my art or that I make art, so how would I sell! my first sale was in year 2013 from online art gallery's portfolio, that was for $50 , it was a really emotional moment that some one had actually paid to buy my painting! Now with my own professional website art sales are simplified with art collectors and art buyers going online and buying my art.
9) Objects with original art printed over them are a great way to add up art prints and they also look unique in modern decor. Websites offer artists to post their art and they are  paid a sum amount for these sale of prints.
And if you are about to download free art prints!
1) They always have their logo watermark imprinted so it is not such a good sight to display these , especially horses artwork prints with blobs of logo breaks the energy here.
2) Most of the times people want to activate Feng Shui sectors and Vaastu imperfections and go ahead and take print or feng shui paintings Vaastu paintings for their homes without permission of the artist, and wonder why the Feng Shui cures are not working! it does not work like this. The artist sweat and spend resources and time to make creative art for years of their life, they deserve their prices! 
3) Free art prints have no status or symbolic value. and also are not a topic to share in any conversations!
Reiki abundance abstract painting entrance art display

Blue Tibetan Ashtamangala symbols painting for urban decor 


So why not leave the art prints for objects of desire and for your walls choose some original art! your walls will thank you! and your Feng Shui sectors Great Vaastu for home and office will be activated as well!
All the Best from Rizwana!
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