'bent' by design

8 seater dining table and chair

2011-11-02T15:09:00.000+05:30

mandir

2011-10-11T23:17:00.002+05:30

'ba' sofa

2011-09-26T16:07:00.003+05:30

'chipokke' seat

2011-09-25T11:57:00.001+05:30

Final show and behind the scene of 'boat in stormy water'

2011-08-29T17:05:00.009+05:30

teapoy

2011-06-04T13:09:00.009+05:30

made this with teak wood from a more than 30yrs old main door that got replaced recently

mandir aur geetar

2011-05-24T11:07:00.008+05:30

rocking chair for a new mommy

2011-05-15T09:23:00.012+05:30

made this for nasir, tina and their soon to be one year old tanvi. it is spacious for the mother and baby to rock together comfortably.

dhai seater

2011-03-20T21:02:00.009+05:30

cane weaving by munraju and bhaskar

2011-02-28T19:46:00.001+05:30

the swadeshi range

2011-02-20T12:57:00.009+05:30

upholstery fabric by sunil (swadeshi silks). upholstered by k j mathew and his boys, pappu and sonu

2011-01-08T20:00:00.017+05:30

swadeshi - proto

2010-11-24T23:09:00.005+05:30

a very first cut upholstery in kora fabric, by k. j. mathew and his boys

yoga chair

2010-10-07T09:51:00.007+05:30

swadeshi - scaled down proto

2010-09-25T21:09:00.006+05:30

scaled down proto made for sunil (swadeshi silks) while designing his drawing room furniture. bhaskar and somashekar were a great help with the upholstery.

teak work table

2010-09-05T10:51:00.015+05:30

nimmi table - flat pack furniture

2010-08-09T20:33:00.005+05:30

boat in stormy water - almost there

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the only reference of scale is to hidish who comes

to switch on the apparatus

teak trike .2

2010-03-02T16:55:00.001+05:30

baot in stormy waters scale model

2010-02-24T12:45:00.001+05:30

this was our first model of the wave and boat movement

wave motion

2010-02-23T14:19:00.002+05:30

the mechanical part of the waves in motion

stools for plantation house

2010-02-23T12:53:00.001+05:30

boat in stormy waters

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the first time we put together the waves

yoga chair for ravi

2009-12-28T17:27:00.003+05:30

all the metal parts are made of 19 dia SS pipes. it is completely knock-down making it easier to pack and carry. the whole chair can be assembled and disassembled with an allen key.

rocking bhuyan

2009-12-28T15:49:00.003+05:30

this i made for ujjal bhuyan. cane weaving was done by bhaskar and his brother.

aamir s knockdown crib

2009-12-25T13:30:00.002+05:30

setting up shop

2009-12-15T15:27:00.001+05:30

plantation house - fixtures & furniture

2009-12-14T17:24:00.007+05:30

really enjoyed making the furniture and fixtures for this one. especially the distressing bit. our first attempt and it actually turned out pretty real.

2009-10-26T10:52:00.000+05:30

this teak cycle i made for aamena

flex

2009-06-20T14:41:00.004+05:30

branding work done for one of wipro's development centers.

vijay and his team were a great help in executing this carpet inlay!

eames legs

2009-06-01T13:09:00.004+05:30

we had this wonderful seat from western india plywood, kannur...and this my first go at welding out one of charles eames leg structure. the leg structure was made in mild steel pipes and rods...finsihed with scotch brite pads and spray coated in duco water clear

yoga

2009-06-01T12:50:00.005+05:30

yusuf made this chair that allows one to sit in a 'meditative' posture. i often sit on it for brain waves to happen while ideating. it is very comfortable with its short backrest supporting my lower back.

conference table '2'

2009-04-30T14:56:00.004+05:30

developed around the F1 theme for wipro, it has a punched and bent sheet metal base with a customised wire manager

bamboo hanger

2009-04-30T14:37:00.007+05:30

few initial bamboo hanger prototypes for 'ubuntu'. learn more about them at www.ubuntuatwork.org

cantilever stool

2009-03-24T18:27:00.003+05:30

three pieces lock in place by dovetailed finger joint and the seat plank cantilevers. these three planks can easily be slided out and carried away or stacked away!

plumbing conference table

2009-03-23T16:01:00.003+05:30

yusuf liked it better in its raw and unfinished form,

where it was against the backdrop of our workshop.

wineobics

2009-03-23T13:00:00.003+05:30

method: score bottle with any glass cutter, tie cotton thread over the score, douse the thread with spirit, burn it till flame goes out and immerse it immediately in water. use zippo fuel and ice cold water for better results!

2009-03-14T16:29:00.002+05:30

8000+ sqft of space in 8 weeks from design to execution...phew!!!

'bent' capsules

2009-01-16T13:02:00.008+05:30

teak monster

2008-12-21T15:25:00.003+05:30

teak

2008-12-09T08:36:00.006+05:30

i was lucky to find this beautiful piece of teak!

octagonal tapering

2008-11-28T16:00:00.000+05:30

had made a few of these gown stands for shalini sub.

i - cue

2008-11-28T15:55:00.001+05:30

question mark

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the large question marks we made for some sort of a curiosity workshop. went and planted them all over the TESCO campus while nobody was around. those days harish used to work with us.

plumbing

2008-11-28T15:26:00.001+05:30

the plumbing conference table

this was while it was being made

oracle lab for wipro

2008-11-09T08:50:00.000+05:30

this lab was built on the F1 theme, stressing more on the 'pitstop'. this will be the space wherewipro will showcase their capabilities in oracle and its products to prospective clients. the entire space was executed at super pace and was completed in 10 days flat. take a look at how the space was before in the first picture above.

the sapelli horse

2008-11-06T20:07:00.002+05:30

the latest one added to aamena's collection.

squirrels on the move at NID lawns

2008-11-03T17:12:00.005+05:30

made sometime around 1996, summer. i still can recall the smell of lawn grass (which was exactly simliar to mishra ji's!) on hot summer evenings while the sprinklers went on with their daily chores...

the rocking crib

2008-11-03T14:38:00.003+05:30

some solid wood furniture i have been working on for wife and daughter.

the mobile lamp

2008-11-03T13:51:00.005+05:30

one of our first projects even before we set up our workshop. we installed this lamp in the foyer of some software office and had quite a time climbing 30 ft in the air tyring to tug the lamp into place.