Giant Rangoli on Vimeo by Rod Varley

Giant Rangoli on Vimeo by Rod Varley, a photo by eileenwhite47 on Flickr.

Animation made by Rod Varley for Art Asia about the giant rangoli made in Southampton on 11th June 2011 by Ranbir Kaur, Eileen White, David Dixon, Michelle Clayton and Zoha Zakaei

eileenwhite47's photostream

eileenwhite47's photostream on Flickr.

giant rangoli project, guildhall square southampton. 110.6.11

Michelle Clayton and Zoha Zokaei, Artists (exhausted!)

Evening candlelit gathering to sittar and tabbla music

Artists and volunteers

dinner at Arthouse Cafe for all artists and volunteers.

various stages of completion

centre being filled with rice, lentils and mung beans.

initial design marked onto grass

guildhall square, grass site, marking out the 30 x 30 mtr square

this weekend saw the culmination of the 'giant rangoli project' with artasia. A very exhausting yet rewarding 48 hours. Friday started with 4 artists trying to draw a 30 x 30 metre perfect square which took 3 hours!! not a good start however once we managed to work it out, designs were drawn by ranbir kaur the lead artist, and preparations made for an early start on saturday. We were lucky to have good weather and a fantastic team, who always said yes and were excellent at humping!! just as well as we had 2.5 tonnes of material to shift, decant, hand out to the public and design with. The whole day was amazing, it's such a great thing to work communally and create something beautiful. The finished rangoli took exactly 7 hours non stop to make and will be on artasia's website as a timelapse piece. The sun started to set and we decorated the finished area with candles and listened to music. magic. thanks to all who came and added

finished paper rangoli

This is a project i am currently working on with Art Asia based in Southampton. We've had a training session with the world's number one rangoli artist, Ranbir Kaur, learning all about the cultural and artistic significance of rangoli's. Now each of the 4 shortlisted artists have been assigned to a business or event to host a rangoli themed workshop. I did mine today at the Arthouse Cafe in Southampton. Lovely people turned up and worked in paper making a communal piece of artwork that will be on display in the cafe. The next public event will be the giant rangoli which is a free event, on Saturday 11 June, in the Guildhall Square, Southampton. We're aiming to create an outdoor 20 metre squared rangoli using spices, seeds, fruit and pulses which will be created over 8 hours and then left to the elements. everyone is very welcome to come and join in.