Mix Shilpkar Resin Base and Hardener to form an even white dough. Roll the dough with the rolling pin into a thin slab to make 7 peacock feathers The smallest feather in the centre measures about 5” long with 3 feathers on either sides in growing sizes Cut the peacock feathers Bend the end of the feather to form a loop Let them dry Stick blue pear shaped beads towards the tip of the feather, strung in a wire and a little Shilpakar dough Let it dry Divide the feather into two parts vertically. Paint one part by mixing Sparkling Pearl Colour – Light Green and Dark Green and the other in Light Green and Turquoise Blue. Let it dry Mix Sparkling Pearl Colour – Golden Yellow and Maroon to paint the centre of the feather and leave it to dry Add strokes of Liquid Embroidery - Pearl Blue, Pearl Green and Pearl Lilac to create the feather design and leave it dry Outline the yellow section with Liquid Embroidery Pearl Metallic - Gold and stick the dark green pear shaped stone using No Stitch Fabric Glue. Let it dry Cut strips measuring 2” x 7” from the fabric painted with horizontal tie and dye technique to make the knots and tie some beaded strings to further embellish the toran as shown in the picture.

Peacock Back Drop Fold the thick white full imperial sized paper horizontally to give 14 to16 fanfolds to it for the peacock fan. Fold the folded paper in the centre to form a bigger fan Draw and cut the designs on each fold as shown in the picture Stick the two edges of the paper towards the centre fold to make a fan Paint it with sparkling Pearl Colour – Dark Blue and leave it to dry

Peacock Dangler To make the Peacock dangler draw the body of a peacock on a thick white card paper Cut two pieces of the peacock shapes and paint using Fevicryl Sparkling Pearl Colour – Light Green. Let it dry. Make the peacock fan as mentioned in the steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the A4 sized paper Sandwich the fan between the two peacock body parts Punch a hole in the fan for a thread to hang the peacock and a hole at the base of the peacock body for a beaded thread as shown in the picture To make the tie and dye fabric behind the peacock fan use Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Dark Green, Turquoise Blue, Mauve, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue and Pink.

Peacock Feather Asana Cut out a square measuring 28” x 28” from the fine art canvas roll Fold the square diagonally from both the sides, press the crease properly and then open it to reveal the creases of the folds Now fold it into half and then into a square and unfold it again to see the creases of the folds. The canvas is now divided into 8 triangular sections. Draw a peacock feather motif in one of the triangles and then trace it on the rest of the triangles.

Cut the extra canvas left on the top of the feathers Divide the feathers into four different parts and paint it with Sparkling Pearl Colours – Dark Blue, Turquoise Blue, Violet, Emerald Green and Light Green as shown in the picture Leave it dry. Cut the upper part of the feather into fringes to make it look natural Add streaks on feather using Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery - Pearl Blue and leave it dry

Cup for Prasad Use the circular tie and dye technique for the cup covers Take a circular piece of malmal cloth measuring 6” in diameter Apply Fevicryl Acrylic Colour – Cerulean Blue, Dark Green throughout the fabric and let the colours merge. Let it dry Remove the threads and open the fabric Draw diagonal strokes on the base of the paper cup with Liquid Embroidery - Pearl Green and Pearl Blue You can also dip the ear buds into Fevicryl 3D Cone Outliner- Pearl Green, Pearl Blue and dab the same to make the designs Cover the mouths of the cups using the fabric pieces and tie them using thick silver laces Method for Circular Tie and Dye Technique

Take a malmal fabric in the size you desire Wet the malmal fabric thoroughly Strain out the extra water and leave it to semi-dry Fold it two times to form a square Hold the centre of the fabric and tie threads at a distance of 1 and ½” throughout the fabric Tie the threads tightly

Continue tying it till you cover the full cloth with the thread

It will look like this when you finish tying it

Apply Fevicryl Acrylic Colours on the fabric with a brush and let them merge Let it semi dry

Cut out the threads and open the fabric and dry it completely