Ethnic Wooden Blocks Display

 

The wooden blocks used for the block printing always caught my eye for their sheer intricately carved patterns, leaving me wondering how the artisans carved such intricate details small pcs of wood. A visit to any of the craft shops meant scanning for such beautiful pcs. My joy knew no bounds when the craft safari started including block printing kits for kids. I was using them more than my kids. 

The first Block Printing Kit that I bought from Ann @ The Craft Safari, Dubai included a tree and a parrot motif that I used to print on the motifs on the outer part of my Miniature Ganesh Mandir. Since then I have seen beautiful pieces in the TCS collection .The moment the new collection of blocks were put up on The Craft Safari page, I knew that they were the pcs that I was looking for.

On one of my shopping sprees, I had bought a wooden photo frame from a craft store. 

Getting back I knew I needed to do something colourful.  Started off painting the thick outer paper panel  with bright colours in acrylic. Initially I was trying a hand at doodling which eventually turned up being a combination of doodling, mehendi and Madhubani motifs. 

I have used permanent markers here. Once dried, I put the glass back on and put it away for later use.  That later use came up to be after 6 months now since my purchase. 

In the meantime I was on a lookout for something appropriate for my now ready frame, which reminded me of my very own India every time I looked at it 

What could be more Indianish that our very own elephant and peacock. The tree completed the look. Couldn't wait to get it home. 

Gave the carvings a fresh coat of white paint to make it stand out. I initially tried sticking them in the three slots without the glass, but then realised that since the hand painted panel was made of paper, it would get dusty in the long run. Hence to  protect it from the dust and grime, I decided to put the glass back on the panel and then stuck the wooden blocks on top of the glass to give it a 3D look.

Tadaaaaa..... My Indianised Wooden Block Wall Hanging!!!

Hope you all enjoyed it! Happy crafting!

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