Welcome to 2023 listeners!

This episode goes live on the first day of 2023 and I have Anjari with me for a lovely chat around interiors. Anjari is an architect and an interior designer with an amazing sense of aesthetics. She tells us more about ‘That’ Yellow trunk and a whole bunch of other things! Enjoy the conversation!

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Her work:

@ThatYellowTrunk

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

Paper Pencil Podcast on Insta: @paperpencilpodcast

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

Merry Christmas!!! (Well if you are reading this around Christmas time that is)

Today Jui joins me from the other side of the world (First Singapore and then NY).

Jui is an illustrator with a background in architecture and then animation from The School of Visual Arts NY. She is amazing at illustrating environments and you can see examples of that in her award winning short: The Dumb Elephant. We try and make conversation in broken Bangla, talk A LOT about Singapore and then some art.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Her work:

www.dewmanna.com

@dewmanna

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

Paper Pencil Podcast on Insta: @paperpencilpodcast

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

In this episode, my neighbor Vaishnavi joins us from across the street!

She is the hands and brains behind WildPaper. We talk about her experiences working for Google, then quitting that to pursue her masters in the art space, then joining the Tamil film industry designing and making movie sets, then working as a UI/UX designer and then finally starting off her own brand inspired by her kids.

Her work:

@wildpaper_vaish

----------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

Paper Pencil Podcast on Insta: @paperpencilpodcast

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

We begin the guest episodes of season 2 with Saurabh.

Saurabh is an embroidery and textile artist from Maharashtra. We talk about his journey from a small village in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra to making it big as an embroidery artist. He runs his own brand BespokeBySaurabh along with his cousins in Pune. Check out his page for the lovely work he does on dried leaves. 

His work:

@bespokebysaurabh

----------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

Okay! Season 2 is finally here!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

We have made it to Episode 50, the Season 1 finale. 

Thanks to everyone who supported this podcast. A big thanks to all the guests who took out time to have a conversation with me. Also a big shoutout to Aditi (@tiki_lava ) for taking up the mammoth challenge of hosting this episode. 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

Chaaya and Annada join me this week to help figure out what is good & bad art...or if there is anything as good/bad art.

Let's face it, there is no definite answer to this question. We talk about painting landscapes and horses along with my love for a particular Indian cartoon series. 

We also talk about the 2019 Maurizio Cattelan concept art, Comedian. 

Annada's work: @annada.n.menon

Chaaya's work: @chaaya23

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

This week its Nishant Jain from SneakyArt Podcast joining the conversation.

Be sure to check out his podcast: SneakyArt Podcast.

His work:

www.sneakyartist.com

@thesneakyartist

----------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

Keshav aka Kesh joins me for a conversation this week. Kesh is a visual artist and video producer who first made a name for himself through his YouTube channel, KeshART. He creates videos and shorts on different topics that includes Art and Creativity and shares his journey on the internet.

We talk about his journey, growing up in Chennai. How his life story can easily be turned into a movie. Making it big with his YouTube channel and touching thousands of lives with his tutorials. Also his love for Bob the Builder! :D

His work:

Keshart.in

YouTube: KeshART

----------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast

This week Nori joins us from Bangalore. Nori is an illustrator from Darjeeling, India. 

She talks about her journey starting from the beautiful hills of Darjeeling, to graduating as a dentist and then taking a sharp turn to realize her dreams of becoming an illustrator. We talk about her process, her inspiration, products and her dream of having her own studio someday.

Her work:

@noriiart

https://noriiart.com/

----------------------------------------------------------------------

My work: @swarnavod

More about this podcast:

https://www.swarnavod.com/podcast