GOND AND BHIL ART: Deconstruction

Here are four delightful, step-by-step visual "deconstructions' of how the typical Gond painting evolves!!

I. Satrupa Urveti favours a stylised broken 'V' with a flourish in the centre...much like a trident, and a common tribal tattoo design. The artistry lies in the near-perfect precision of undulating lines in which the signature motif is infilled....

1. Signature Motif

2. Signature Motif used as 'infill pattern'

3. The finished work.

II. Rajkumar Shyam visualises the delicate whorls that are visible when you slice a lemon in half. This complex spiral then becomes his own unique signature motif.

1. Signature Motif

2. Signature Motif used as 'infill pattern'

3. The finished work

III. Bajju Shyam imagines a procession of dancers linked together....As seen from a birds eye view, these are chains of people with arms linked....

1.The Signature Motif

2. Signature motif used as 'infill pattern'

3. The finished work.

IV. Rajendra Shyam uses two different signature motifs...one is a pattern that represents a droplet falling into water and making concentric ripples. His other favoured motif is two short lines twisted together to depict a section of the 'banda', or the fibre rope used to tie up sheaves of harvested grain....