Category: NAADU Kanaja

NAADU KANAJA, The country granary
Naadu (ನಾಡು):—[noun] land;
Naadu Kanaja borrows from the everyday object used as a storage for grains, often an understated craft passed along generations. The Naadu is interpreted as a crawl in structure, an assembly of woven bamboo, on a thin metal frame, coated with layers of papier mache in its traditional recipe from the foothills of Kollegal. The enclosing shell of the Naadu pulls apart the weave and thins down the skin into a delicate film. On the inside, the Naadu is generous in volume, a space for immersion, a repository for either the individual or a whole community. Step in. Sit down. Does comfort come with conversation or isolation?
Materials – Recycled woodfree cotton paper, tamarind seed powder, fenugreek, cellulose glue, mulberry bark handmade paper, woven bamboo, woven cane, linseed oil, metal
Community – Traditional recipes from homes in Kollegal, Malavalli and Mandya and in collaboration with Bluecat Paper, Bangalore

Traditional Kanajas, storage granaries made out of bamboo weave and papier mache.

Ragi storage inside the granaries.

Traditional Baskets used in the villages around Kollegal.

Harvest.

Granaries near MM Hills.

MM Hills.

Preparation of papier mache with fenugreek for the bamboo baskets.

Everday objects wrapped in papier mache.

Moras.

Making of bamboo woven items.

Application of papier mache mix on the bamboo weave for the installation.

Naadu Kanaja.

The Naadu is interpreted as a crawl in structure, an assembly of woven bamboo, on a thin metal frame, coated with layers of papier mache in its traditional recipe from the foothills of Kollegal.

Naadu Kanaja installation at Serendipity Art Festival, Goa