१ - ३६ [1 - 36 translated from Hindi]

Authors

Aayushi Khowala, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2017

Keywords

artists' books, Hindu mythology, aesthetics, weapons, student artists' book contest, fourth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2019

Major

Printmaking

Faculty / Course

Leah Wolff, Junior Print Workshop Seminar/Crit.

Materials + Techniques

Bound with hand-dyed batik silk and linen. Graphite on Stonehenge natural paper.

Student Narrative

Hindu mythology presents an abundance of gods each god characterized by very specific bejeweled weaponry. In our time of unrest, where weaponry prompts only negative connotations, I attempt to reform the perspective, invoking appreciation and meditation, by creating an archive of objects half-referenced, half-made up, with round and shiny surfaces, beautiful but sharp, removed from their previous homes, distilled by removing all embellishment that strips itself of context, so as to provide as a purely visual feast.

Photo Credit

Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018

Recommended Citation

Khowala, Aayushi; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "१ - ३६ [1 - 36 translated from Hindi]" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 13.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/13