AD Design Show, Hyderabad 2025
Theme: Divine Ecology
Divine Ecology invites the viewer to encounter the supreme power as a living system. It is an invitation to see the sacred not as fixed, but as quietly present everywhere—emerging through nature’s forms and expressions.
Each symbol in the work—the elephant, the bull, the conch, the lotus, and the flower—becomes an ecological node of the sacred.
Sarveśvara
Size : 60 H x 24 L x 16 D Inches
Material: brass breads, brass pipes, ghungaroo in brass
Artisans: Saddam, Omveer, Waseem, Rehman
The elephant emerges here as a timeless convergence of strength, wisdom, and memory—a presence that feels both ancient and awake. In its form, the spirit of Ganesha quietly resonates: the remover of obstacles, the guardian of new beginnings, and the gentle deity who is offered hibiscus flowers as a gesture of devotion and love.
Hibiscus
Size : 29 H x 25 L x 2 D Inches, 24 H x 20 L x 2 D Inches
Material: Brass
Artisans: Omveer, Deep, Ashok, Jagdish
Craft technique: sand casting, wire twisting
The hibiscus, carries a quiet universality. Sacred to Goddess Kali, cherished in Hawaiian tradition, and beloved worldwide for its simplicity, it becomes a bridge between cultures and devotion. As a flower, it symbolizes the heart opening toward the Divine—a soft offering of beauty, presence, and surrender. Its fleeting bloom reminds us of impermanence, while its vibrant life attracts butterflies and grace alike. In this artwork, the flower becomes both a gesture of bhakti and a celebration of the natural world that births it.
Purusha
Size : 60 H x 52 L x 2 W Inches
Material: Brass and Wood
Artisans: Omveer, Ashok, Waseem, Rehman, Asif
Craft technique: pachekari, sand casting
This artwork unites the power of the bull with the philosophy of Sāṃkhya, where Purusha—pure consciousness—matter is the inspiration. The bull, inspired by Nandi, embodies dharma, determination, and grounded masculine strength. Bells surrounding him radiate positivity, while sun-like rays symbolize energy, invoking the presence of Shiva. Together, these elements form a sculpture where strength becomes devotion, and energy becomes awareness.
Resonance
Size : 31 H x 15 L x 15 W Inches
Material: Brass, Brass Beads
Artisans: Ashok, Omveer, Rehman, Deep, Jagdish
Craft technique: sand casting
The conch, shaped by nature and born from the ocean’s depths, carries within it the vibration of awakening. Its sound is the ancient call of consciousness rising—expanding outward like ripples of light. Long revered as Vishnu’s symbol, the conch embodies the primordial AUM, the breath from which creation unfolds. When blown, it clears heaviness and invites higher vibrations, marking the beginning of clarity, presence, and new phases of being. In this sculpture, the Shankh becomes both a natural form and a spiritual instrument—where sound becomes awareness, and creation becomes consciousness.
Satyam
Size : 103 H x 18 L x 18 W Inches
Material: Brass, wood
Artisans: Saddam, Deep, Waseem, Pramod, Jaswant
We are not fixed beings in a frozen world; we are part of a great rotation — evolving, expanding, and discovering meaning in the eternal movement of life, as ancient and real as Kashi itself. Life is not static. We do not merely exist — we evolve, expand, and shape reality through memory, imagination, and language.
Shri.Kedarnath Singh’s poem on the rotating stambh reflects this truth: life moves in circles, repeating yet renewing, never the same in each turn — continuity within change.
Kashi, the eternal city, holds the same paradox — timeless yet ever-changing, ancient yet alive. Its river, chants, and streets carry centuries, while each dawn is entirely new. Here, past and present flow together, and existence becomes evolution.
Bodha
Size: 36 H x 36 L x 4 W Inches
Material: brass pipes, brass beads, acrylic paint, stone
Artisans: lokanath, waseem, rehman
Craft technique: stone carving, bead and pipe welding
The lotus, born from the mud yet untouched by it, shows that enlightenment is not an escape from the world but a rising through it. Rooted in darkness and nourished by the very earth that binds it, the lotus blooms into purity—its petals opening like stages of spiritual evolution. It is nature’s reminder that the mud is not a flaw but the beginning, and that grace, clarity, and awakening can emerge from any circumstance.
Shankh
Size: 48 H x 24 L x 3 W Inches
Material: brass beads, brass, wire
Artisans: Ashok, Omveer, Rehman, Deep, Jagdish
Craft technique: sand casting
Shankh, a conch is an integral part of our Indian culture. In India, the conch was first mentioned as the 'shankha' in the Atharvaveda (an ancient religious text) around 1000 BCE. The sound of the shankh symbolises the sacred Om. This is why the conch is blown before any ritual or ceremony since it represents good luck and marks the start of any positive or auspicious work. Even today it's believed that when the conch shell is blown, the environment around it will be purified from all evil and good fortune will enter.