Experimental and custom projects.
This section features various expressions by the artist. Here are some examples of 'molded books', which have been dunked in water; 'distressed books' which have been folded and then beaten; and compositions of paperback books for the wall. Other experiments include a large coffee table book with colourful pages and a special commission of 12 old passports which is a piece imbued with so much personal history.
The two videos below show books that were specially commissioned.
Phaneng: This book sculpture is created from a catalog of portraits of reclusive Buddhist tribals living in Phaneng, in the north-eastern part of India. The pages of the catalog have been creased to suggest the form of the dharmachakra — the symbol of Buddhism that represents the Noble Eightfold Path. The eight spokes formed by the pages fan out in a half-circle. The red cotton threads symbolize bravery; the white threads symbolize friendship.
Amar Jawan: A book of remembrance to honor Indian soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The book artist has re-interpreted this large coffee table book, transforming it into a sculpture shaped after the Amar Jawan Jyoti — The Flame of the Immortal Warrior at India Gate. The shape is achieved through precision folding alone, with no cutting of any kind.