It’s only after you spot rugged clay, ceramic grog and swathes of glaze that you realise what’s going on. You can see birds fluttering in his works. In Chris’ words, he keeps the birds alive through these shed feathers. He doesn’t paint on feathers. Also, feathers signify scaling heights. He is also planning to stage a solo show of his art works in Bengaluru in early 2019. Made using real feathers, each piece is backed with transparent elements to keep it sturdy. He changes the location according to the mood of the image. Adil will be exhibiting his recent soda-fired ceramic tableaux, Bovine Vigilante and Emperor’s New Suit, at Gallery Art and Soul, at a group show Animal, Planet, curated by Shayonti Salvi, opening in Bombay on January 12.Plastic graffitiWhere can you paint? In fact, you can do it anywhere you want.Adil did not just chance upon the idea of blending ceramics, clay and colours. And he calls the technique Cellograffiti. He calls this process as painting with unfired clay. “I take small segments and parts of these sculptures and I weave a story out of them, building up on the found objects and weaving ceramic tales!”

The large barcode, titled the Transformation Series, that he recently showed at the UB City Mall at Art Bengaluru, was a set of 21 objects, each nearly seven feet tall, spanning twenty feet across, forming an imaginary barcode. “I like the colours I get on canvas with acrylic paint, which I cannot get in fired clay. Last year she decided to start giving them away and Adil brought back several of these from Bombay to Auroville. He doesn’t paint on feathers. Whatever you see in his images are shades on the feathers. You can see birds fluttering in his works. He has participated in two shows in Bengaluru.At first glance, it looks like a charming piece of ceramic art: a casual fisherman or an emperor in miniature diorama. Born to an avid traveler and artist who specialised in oil paintings, his mother Piloo used to carry back home, ceramic pieces from all over the world. Whatever you see in his images are shades on the feathers. The texture that comes out of using clay in paint on canvas, is highly tactile and brings the two mediums I like to work with clay and paint together,’’ Adil adds.Plastic graffitiAccording to Chris Maynard, scissors and scalpels are not just meant for surgeries, but also for carving images out of feathers. Bovine VigilanteHe is now realising his dream of a Storybook in Clay at his studio Mandala Pottery in Auroville. He uses scissors and scalpels to cut the feathers. In Chris’ words, he keeps the birds alive through these shed feathers.

So, they also symbolise hope and transformation. That seems to be the motto of Russian artist Evgeny Ches, who recently painted animals on plastic wraps against the backdrop of forests. A graffiti and contemporary artist, he sprays colours on a wrap that is tied between two trees. He uses them in his current works. Also, feathers signify China PET injection molding machine scaling heights.. So, they also symbolise hope and transformation. The artist and architect Adil Writer creates art that humanises the life and stories that are usually constrained to the colours on a canvas hung on a wall. Made using real feathers, each piece is backed with transparent elements to keep it sturdy.“I feel sorry for the paintings that are destined to spend their lifetime as canvases hung on a wall,’’ he says. He uses scissors and scalpels to cut the feathers. These tableaux, or sometimes abstract coloured porcelain pieces, with their meticulously detailed textures and finishes may look like innocent clay exhibits. Feather artAccording to Chris Maynard, scissors and scalpels are not just meant for surgeries, but also for carving images out of feathers

“Any of the mentioned authorities can conduct a raid on shops to crackdown on defaulters,” added the official.Ravi Jashnani, president, MPMA, said, “India has plastic use of 18 kg per head whereas in America, it is 109 kg per head and despite such huge consumption, one cannot even find a piece of plastic on its roads. Among the various stakeholders are the district collectors, civic bodies and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). “We have not given license to any new manufacturers since last four months,” added the officialManufacturers to protest about plastic ban soonThe Maharashtra Plastic Manufacturing Association (MPMA) and other plastic associations are planning to lead a morcha on February 23 at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, against the ban on plastic. However, the MPCB maintained that this ban would be the more effective than the earlier ones.Mumbai: Shops in the state found violating the plastic ban, will have to pay a minimum penalty of Rs 5,000 for the first time and Rs10,000 for the second offence, as per sources in the state environment department.

The association has also moved the Bombay high court against the Maharashtra government directive to different authorities to ban manufacture, distribution, storage or sale of plastic or thermocol items. The Plastic Manufacturing Association claimed that currently, nearly 20 million ton of plastic is used every day with over 50,000 units engaged in this field and over 4 million people dependent on plastics for HXH 350 a living. We have also specified various agencies that would check upon the effective implementation of the policy,” said a senior official from the Environment Department.The draft notification has various measures ranging from ban on various plastic commodities to penalties for defaulters. While a ban on the widespread use of plastic has been proposed earlier as well, it failed to yield results.”.Meanwhile the state government has also directed that no new licenses should be given to new manufacturers of plastic bags.“The range of penalties and other measures will be finalised after the state cabinet meeting. The average use of plastic the world over is 30 kg per head and no country has banned its use.

The license of the shop could also be revoked temporarily if it has defaulted more than once,” said a senior MPCB official. This has made environmentalists sceptical about the implementation this time too. More than 2,000 units engaged in the re-processing of plastic material provide a means of livelihood to over 4 lakh people. The measures are a part of the draft notification on the plastic ban policy that the state government is set to implement by this March. “This time, the ban is going to be more effective as we have made it mandatory via a notification. The association said that such a ban is likely to impact millions connected with the industry as well as the consumers at large and the economy. All the stakeholders have been alerted about the ban from before; we have also conducted rigorous awareness drives for months to ready the public too,” said a senior MPCB official. “There are several measures specified under the plastic ban which includes ban on plastic bags, containers, plates, spoons, thermacol among others. The state government is going to present the draft notification on the plastic ban in its upcoming cabinet meeting