Mark your Calendars: The Tribe Debuts

Ever heard of a 'Traveling Store'? It brings to mind visions of colourful tents, gypsies and exotic items from faraway places. You got lucky! There is a Traveling Store opening in India. Each of their venues is chosen because it is unique to The Tribe's concept.

Where: FLECCK photograhy. 416 . laxmi plaza . laxmi industrial estate . new link road . mumbai - 400053.
When: Saturday, October 16 from 11:30 am to 8:00 pm

For more details, visit The Tribe's Facebook page.

What appeals to me most about The Tribe, is that most of the artists featured are those who have pursued mainstream careers for over 10 years and are finally coming together to pursue their dreams. This is a dream that I know a lot of us have too. Even those of you who claim not to- I'm sure a whimsical part of you wishes you could drop it all to pursue your dream!

Artists/Products featured on their first show:
Bags by Peeps , Clothes by Lemon , Lights by Varsha Arya , Jewelry by Avantika , Home accessories by Meera Dabbir (Yes! The same talented Meera Dabir who was featured here before), Anklets by Gitanjali and Tarrot Readings by Komal.

Good Luck to all you talented people behind The Tribe!

Readers from Mumbai, do go and attend and let me know how lovely their 'concept store' is.

Creative Talent Profile: Meera Dabir

One of my motivations for starting a blog was the desire to profile some of the creative talent that I come across during my hours of 'design surfing'. I'm kick-starting that bit of my blog with Meera Dabir.

Meera paints walls. And HOW!!

 If that hasn't blown you away... digest this- Meera has no formal training in art, she painted a friend's salon and there has been no looking back. She has gone on to paint residences, commercial spaces, work on movie and ad sets and write for design mags. I think Meera's quote "Have wall, will paint. Actually, Have money, will paint." describes her the best.

Here are a few of my favourites...

Look at the detailing on the wall. Painstakingly lovely work.... A closer look at the detailing:

Makes me wish I was allowed to paint the walls of my rented apartment <sigh> 

Though walls are her focus, Meera has also painted....

 ... Furniture

 ... and created a beautiful sink that reminds me of a Turkish Bath.

I think I subconsciously chose Meera's work as the first to profile as it reminded me of the the summer holidays I spent bribing the painter(who was professionally a movie billboard and poster painter-topics on which I'll be doing posts soon) with chocolates to let me paint our walls. So, the painter got paid for not doing too much work, and I didn't get caught till I turned 15!

OK I am going to stop reminiscing and let you feast your eyes on some more of Meera's work. I loved all of them so much that I had a really tough time choosing the ones to feature.

 I love the striking colours she uses...

You can check out more of Meera's magic on her Flickr stream. If interested in commissioning Meera's work, drop me an e-mail and I'll pass on her contact details. 

{All images credited to Meera Dabir.}

Happy Labor day weekend!