This pickle jar that was given to me recently comes with a lot of legacy. It comes from my Mother-in-Law's collection of
traditional pickle containers otherwise known as Jaadi in Tamil. So in a sense, it is
special to both of us and gave me enough reasons to preserve it well and right.
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| Pickle Jar |
Not wanting to let it store pickles and be stacked inside a cabinet, I
decided to embellish it with traditional art and showcase it somewhere in the open. I have been wanting to
learn Kerala style mural paintings and so used up this opportunity. I also settled for decoupaging on the jaadi.
To save me some time, I
chose to reproduce sketches (duly credited at the bottom of this post) that were already available on the net and added my own choice of colors to the sketches.
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| The sketch |
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| Mural Painting and Decoupage - Work in Progress |
The paintings themselves did not take much time which made it less time consuming to complete the entire work, though I did it in phases.
Just as how Mod Podge is supposed to be used, I was very generous in smearing my paintings with the glue.
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| Smearing the decoupage glue |
I did not want to complicate it much and so left the top portion of the jar in its natural glory. When I tried decoupage on water colors for an earlier project, I had issues with smudging. This time I was careful enough to
use acrylic paint to avoid any blotching.
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| Mural Art on a Pickle Jar |
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| Jar embellished with Kerala Mural Painting |
I should thank my sister-in-law for sending me a
bottle of Mod Podge from Bangalore. Since I was able to source the decoupage glue, I did not have to resort to
Somu’s cheap method of making his own Mod Podge.
I would
love to try different styles of painting and your words of engouragement will certainly up my motivation levels.
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Painting Credits :
- Kerala Mural in digital avatar. I printed out the outline of this painting.
- I drew the outline sketch of the other two paintings from the below sources.
I have been true to the sources from where I picked the paintings. If these are not the original sources, I would be happy to make the necessary corrections.
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