Inspiration
​​This is a tribute made to mainly my mother but I feel anyone can connect with this work. The main things that I had in mind were to use use mirrors and other reflective or clear glass like surfaces to create a collage that looks like the one animal that is known for its beauty - a peacock. The national bird India that I felt related to the emotions that my mother is going through right now due to her illness. There are times when she does not feel pretty or beautiful. I tell her that as long as you feel pretty on the inside and look at yourself in the mirror with that in mind you well see a really beautiful person looking back. We only see beauty if we think and feel it inside us. With this in mind I added mirrors and other reflective medium to create this peacock tribute.
Reflections of Elegance
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Reflections of Elegance
Description
​​This work is actually an assemblage consisting of two big pieces that were earlier created using multiple smaller pieces.
The face is a mask created using paper mache. The tail of the peacock was created by first painting the half circle shape underneath that would later act as support to hold the other materials together. All of the items that are added on top were created separatly including: three different types of peacock shaped feathers, mirror decoration held on wire, decorated dowels, and floral wire with beads.
Medium
Felt fabric, plastic beads, glass beads, wooden beads, tinymirrors, fabric paint, rhinestones, glass cabochons, cardboard, wooden dowels, flower making wire, decorative wire, paper mache with newspaper, colored feathers, acrylic paint, wood.