An Artistic Day

An Artistic Day 

Art was ever so exciting. Today we worked with artwork. We drew from different books. Some from story books and some from artists. From Sam to Bullerby to O’Keeffe. Then in the afternoon we went to visit Babar Mahal Revisited.

We had a lot of fun. At Ramalaya we saw different Himalayan art and photographic material as well as clothing and decorative items. We also saw owl pillows and Tibetan rugs as well as different icons of goodwill carved in stone including lotuses and mandalas. There were hand made paper frames and cards also.

The metal work was beautiful. We love visiting the Golden Temple and Uku Bahal where the historical cultural metal work is grand. At Babar Mahal Revisited there was a metal gallery, there were metal craft on sale include bells, evening lamps, bronze lions, copper pots, brass goddesses.

Javana was a place to see designer jewelry. They also repair expensive beautiful items there. Subigya watched with great interest the pretty earrings, necklaces, and other wonderful items. Shila, in particular, like the silver bracelet on show.

We enjoyed sitting in the courtyard and had many a giggle and laugh over the sky that was blue, the buildings that were white with green windows and we loved looking at the different frescos on the walls. 

As we walked, we saw many other things including thangkas and paubhas. We remembered the time we would walk to Patan Dhoka as the great gate into Patan was being painted by young Newar artists with paubha and thangka motifs.

We saw more beautiful jewelry and clothes, we saw lotus in a big pot, we stood under a bust of an old ruler, we do not know who it was though, next time we will check. The wall painting of a fish and a lion and rudrakshya was wonderful. We stood under a glazed window and took pictures!

After seeing all this, we saw that the art gallery was being renovated for the next exhibition. We promised ourselves that we would be at the exhibition when it was open and walked back marveling at the wonderful place including Laavanya Ayurveda where we have been several times.