Indian art features curvilinear forms, nature motifs, and depictions of deities and culture. Sculptures and paintings show India's diversity and spontaneity through representations of all-encompassing culture. Indian art tells the story of India's oldest and most resilient culture, seen as a blend of indigenous and foreign influences over time.

1. Indian
Arts

2. The story of Indian art
is also the story of the
oldest and the most
resilient culture on
earth. It is seen as an
amalgamation of
indigenous and outside

3. Indian art features spirals
and curvaceous lines, vines
and tendrils, round-figured
goddesses, circular amulets,
colored gemstones, arches
and domes, haloed deities,
crescent moons, and the
globe of the sun.

4. Indian sculptures and
paintings depict the
diversity, color and
spontaneity of this country
and are representations of
the all-encompassing nature
of Indian culture.

8. Materials:
• Brown Clay
• Paint
• Chipboard
• Fork
• gemstones

9. Roll the clay into a ball about the size of
your fist or a little smaller, depending
on how large you want the lamp to be.

10. Using your thumb, press an indent
into the middle of the ball. This will
make it hollow.

11. Shape the hollow with your fingers to create a bowl
with evenly sized edges all the way around. Check
that the tea light candle can fit into the hole; if not,
keep shaping.

12. Create a rim edge.
• For a round lamp, leave the shape
as it is but raise the rim edge with
more clay in a circle around the
top.
• For a star shaped lamp, pinch the
sides of the top of the bowl with your
forefinger and thumb. This will indent
the top, creating a star shape.
• Six indents will create a six-sided star,
five indents will create a five-sided
star

13. Using a fork, press down around the
rim edge to create a pretty
finishing. Try to keep this as even as
possible.

15. Make holes in the side of the clay bowl. These
allow the light to shine through. Decide where
you will place the holes evenly around the bowl,
marking each spot with a small nick in the clay
to check for evenness all the way around the
bowl. Then press the holes out with the end of a
paintbrush or pencil. Use the tool to make each
circle evenly rounded.

16. Allow the lamp to dry as
instructed by the clay type that
you've used.

17. Once dry, paint on decorative designs. Glue costume gems,
sequins, tiny decorative mirrors and glitter in place. The rim
can be painted a different color from the decorative designs
on the side, such as gold or silver, to help increase the glow
of the candlelight.

18. Allow the paint to dry. Once dried, the tea
light candle can be placed inside and the
lamp is ready to use.