Repurposed and Upcycled Objects

Repurposed and upcycled objects

Project Goals:

During the first lockdown of the Pandemic, I decided to start a business of selling personalised, painted glass ashtrays and tealight holders as well as wooden boxes. When I ran out of materials to work with, I realised that the best thing to use is old and found objects, especially in a time like this where sustainability is of utmost importance. I experimented with how to cut glass and painted anything I could find!

These items were personalised according to my relationship (if any) with the individual buying them, the relationship of an individual with the person they were gifting it to or according to interests of the individual buying it if they were a stranger. I would have a conversation with them first and then paint according to that.

Tea themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for my friend, with whom I have spent countless hours drinking tea and unloading all my problems.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

Underwater themed ashtray

This Ashtray was made for my friend who is a complete beach bum who would spend the rest of her life in the ocean if she had the chance. She is my travel buddy who I have visited many beaches with in the four years of my college life.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

Sunflower garden themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a girl who fell in love with my botanical paintings and wanted me to do whatever I felt like.

Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of an Old Monk Gold Reserve bottle.

Bangalore skies and triangles ashtray.

This ashtray was made for a friend who has a connection to the triangle shape and wanted me to incorporate it. I decided to turn it into a tribute to Bangalore skies since that is where we met and incorporated the colours he loves and uses in his own work. Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of a wine bottle.

Metro line themed ashtray.

This ashtray was made for a friend who I bonded with during a performance we did in Chickpete Metro Station, Bangalore which involved us painting metro lines all over our faces and bodies. The happy yellow flowers are because of her sunshine personality. Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of a wine bottle.

Sunflower themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a friend who has a deep connection to sunflowers and loves them with all her heart.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

A marijuana leaf themed ashtray

This ashtray was ordered as a gift from a girl to her boyfriend.

Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of an Absolute vodka bottle.

Poppies and Snake themed ashtray

I had originally made this ashtray for myself as I've always loved poppies and used to run through poppy fields as a kid in the hill station, Dalhousie. I incorporated a snake due to my newfound obsession with having a pet snake. This ashtray ended up being sold to an acquaintance because she loved it so much.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

Wine and cheese themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a friend of mine who's favourite activity with me was to drink wine and make me her famous five cheese Maggi.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

Cat and yarn themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a friend who's behaviour I consider the equivalent of an actual cat. She incidentally also loves cats.

Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a wine bottle.

Beach themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a friend, I met in Gokarna with whom, I bonded with over playing the ukulele. The shells were collected from the beach we met on.

Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of a Paul Johns whiskey bottle.

Plant themed ashtray

This ashtray was made for a friend who has a love for travelling the world on his cycle and documenting plants.

Acrylic on glass, made from the bottom of a wine bottle.

Orange and teal floral tea light holder

This tea light holder was made for my grandmother who loves the Tiger Lilies found in her ancestral home in Dalhousie.

Acrylic on wood. Made from bottom of a chair leg.

Daisy flower wreath tea light holder

This tea light holder was made for my mother and her love for the daisy covered mountains of Dalhousie. Acrylic on glass. Made from bottom of a beer bottle.