Talent of the week - Ramamani

 When I started this blog, I thought I would introduce new talent. But, the talent I am going to introduce is not new at all :).
She has been a music teacher for more than 30 years , having trained more than a 100 students. Our talent for this week is Ramamani Gujjari - My mom :).

 Ramamani was trained in south Indian classical music at the Maharaja college in Vizianagaram dist, Andhra Pradesh, India. She is proficient in playing the Veena as well.

 Being raised in a family that has a strong affnity towards arts, she also decided to learn painting and machine embroidery. Over the years she has mastered quite a few crafts and teaches them to young students at her art school, Toolika Institute of Arts, in Hyderabad.

A Machine Embroidered picture

 She was well known for her 'bommala koluvu' in the town of Kakinada where she lived for about 10 years. Every year was a new theme , and the settings and the dolls were all hand made.

 She believes there is no end to learning and never tires experimenting or learning new crafts. Some of the classes she takes at her institute are, Fabric/ Oil /water colour painting, Glass painting, Quilling, craft classes for kids, Hand Embroidery, pot painting, Decoupage, Pencil sketching. Embossed painting, Satin ribbon work, Faux Tanjore painting, Tie n Dye, Acrylic painting. This is apart from the Vocal and Veena classes.

Some of her works