Crafturday

Curious with experimenting the crackle medium started a modest attempt to gain the confidence. Kulfi pots were a huge help.  And thus came a confidence with the material and attempted it on canvas.

Has it ever happen to any one when they stumble on a shelf full of ready to make craft projects in a shop and end up buying one? This one was straight out of the Fevicryl candle making kit.Bumping with button wax was one of the good things that jiggled with the making of few more items without the mold from the craft shop. I would say these items were very helpful and was seized from the kitchen. 1.Fork 2.Cups 3.Tumbler

Thanks to my friends Manju and Saranya! Without them this intricate output wouldn't have been possible. Perhaps the crimson colour combination in this art piece is an variety that was once seen in almost all the art workshops.  This 2007 dated work is a Burnt Sienna and Yellow ocher, splashed a bundle of joy that I still retain it. Method: The design can be cut in a plywood of 8mm thickness. Background carries cone work. Templates were created to draw identical shapes and clay pieces were stuck on it. Shilpakar can be used as a substitute for the home made clay

Source: Blueberry Cake Ingredients: Cake Batter All purpose flour-130gms Baking Powder-1tsp Salt-1/4 tsp Unsalted Butter at room temperature-56gms Granulated White Sugar-100gms Egg-2 Vanilla Extract-1/2 tsp Milk-80ml Blueberry crush-240ml(original recipe suggests fresh blueberries 480ml) Streusel Topping All purpose flour-45gms Granulated White Sugar-65gms Ground Cinnamon-1/2tsp Unsalted butter-56gms Method Prep Preheat the Oven at 180 degrees. Grease with Butter or Spray the cooking pan. Streusel Topping In a large bowl  mix together flour, sugar and cinnamon powder. Coarsely blend the cut butter pieces into the flour mixture, until it resembles crumbs. Set aside while you make the cake batter. Cake batter In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl beat the butter until smooth with a blender.Add the sugar until light and fluffy.Add the egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated.Add in the flour additio

Serves 4 Ingredients Cowpeas-200gms Tomato-1 Castor Oil -1tsp Turmeric powder-1/8tsp Refined sunflower oil-1/2tbsp Small onions chopped-100gms Curry leaves-5 Green chili-4 Cumin seeds-2tsp Coriander seeds-2tsp Salt to taste Preparation Pressure cook chopped tomato,cowpea,castor oil and turmeric powder. Freshly grind the cumin seeds and coriander seeds and keep aside. Onion mixture-In a separate tawa pop cumin seeds in r.s oil , Add curry leaves,onion, green chili and fry.Switch of the gas and add the grounded ingredients by mixing thoroughly. Let it remain in the tawa. Drain the water from the pressure cooker and keep aside.Whip or smash the cooked cowpeas. Add the fries onion mixture.Bring it to boil once again, adding the collected water. Note: This is generally done in a mud pot avoiding the tawa and the pressure cooker.Tads

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