Project CONSERVE
Initiated by AIESEC in Navi Mumbai
Creativity, you either possess it or you stumble across it! Eitherways, what creativity can do, is totally amazing because its individualistic, fresh, explorative and adventurous! It's all about not holding back. Even if you feel you lack in it, it exists. All you need is some inspiration.
I stumbled across something truly marvellous and wanted to share it with you as well, scroll below, and have a look!
The Art of Leaft Carving:
Natural leaf carving is the actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf’s surface to produce an art work on the leaf. The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. The veins add detail into the subject matter of the carving. The material or most common leaf used in leaf carving is the leaf of a Chinar tree. The Chinar tree is native to India, Pakistan and China. Chinar leaves have a close resemblance to maple leaves.
Something that should be noted, The Chinar tree's leaves that are used for such purposes are the fallen leaves. Not causing any harm to the tree's ecosystem as a whole.
A memory I have from many years back, I must have been 8 or 9 then. There was an ancient Chinar tree near my house and everytime I crossed that tree i used to collect one perfect fallen leaf. These leaves have a very beautiful lattice vein work running across them. Hence, when they would completely dry out, they would resemble some very intricate and delicate off-white, net work. I used to paint them bronze/gold and save them as bookmarks.
As I look closely and observe, many have already gained true inspiration from nature. It is what surrounds us and has also been a mirror of beauty and grace. Inset are earrings made from scrap metal, inspired by the above Chinar leaves.
Nature has so much to offer to us, and we dont just accept it's humble offerings, we exploit them. It's the need of the hour that we give back all the joy and happiness we finally derive from it.
“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”
Initiated by AIESEC in Navi Mumbai
Creativity, you either possess it or you stumble across it! Eitherways, what creativity can do, is totally amazing because its individualistic, fresh, explorative and adventurous! It's all about not holding back. Even if you feel you lack in it, it exists. All you need is some inspiration.
I stumbled across something truly marvellous and wanted to share it with you as well, scroll below, and have a look!
The Art of Leaft Carving:
Image courtsey Illusion.scene360
Natural leaf carving is the actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf’s surface to produce an art work on the leaf. The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. The veins add detail into the subject matter of the carving. The material or most common leaf used in leaf carving is the leaf of a Chinar tree. The Chinar tree is native to India, Pakistan and China. Chinar leaves have a close resemblance to maple leaves.
Something that should be noted, The Chinar tree's leaves that are used for such purposes are the fallen leaves. Not causing any harm to the tree's ecosystem as a whole.
A memory I have from many years back, I must have been 8 or 9 then. There was an ancient Chinar tree near my house and everytime I crossed that tree i used to collect one perfect fallen leaf. These leaves have a very beautiful lattice vein work running across them. Hence, when they would completely dry out, they would resemble some very intricate and delicate off-white, net work. I used to paint them bronze/gold and save them as bookmarks.
As I look closely and observe, many have already gained true inspiration from nature. It is what surrounds us and has also been a mirror of beauty and grace. Inset are earrings made from scrap metal, inspired by the above Chinar leaves.
Nature has so much to offer to us, and we dont just accept it's humble offerings, we exploit them. It's the need of the hour that we give back all the joy and happiness we finally derive from it.
~Inspire. And be Inspired.~
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