Portia Sculpture

Nandini Datta, an artist specialist in glass blowing, casting, stained glass, glass mosaics and ceramics. Her design philosophy is ‘Less is more’. She believes in simple and minimalist design, of impeccable quality that aims to stand the test of time and brings delight to connoisseurs of art. “Imagination is what fuels my mind. It is here that my journey begins. This leads to conceptualization and design that culminates in the creation of my art piece. My work unravels the facets of human emotions and am fascinated by the inner being of soul. They are expressed in the form of masks and feminine heads depicting the fantasy more than the realism. My style is abstract in nature embellished with contemporary fashion of the day coupled with head gear and hair style and more often with a flower tattoo on the face. My creations bring out the delightful feeling of enchantment with an ethereal connection. The signature, three dimensional masks and ladies are made in two different medium i.e. porcelain and glass. The porcelain masks and ladies are in subtle tones of blue and green celadon glazes, white and cream glazes, sometimes a gold lustre is also added to a few pieces. For glass masks I work with molten glass which is often rolled into colours of my choice and then poured into the mold for casting. The pieces are then slowly annealed to the room temperature inside a kiln. After they attain room temperature the pieces are grinded and polished to get the final finish. Other than molten glass I also use smalti glass tiles to make mosaic masks. The smalti tiles are further broken down into different shapes with a hammer and hurdle to give the required shape. Private and corporate collections in India and abroad.