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August 07, 2000 |
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 Cut the Scrap Talk about funky furniture having arrived big time. At a recent exhibition called Cornered at boutique Allure in Mumbai, Arzan Khambatta's exotic, yet naturally sculpted furniture was displayed along with the aromatic candles of Dimple Kapadia with a tantalisingly sensuous result. The furniture -- made largely of rough teak wood and polished mile steel -- was all about doing up corners in houses. So there were 13 sets of tables and chairs with accompanying frames. Sometimes serpentine and at other times creeper-like, they resembled the natural extensions of a forest floor -- stuff that you'd love to use in a wood house. Then there were the "scraptures" (Arzan's word for sculptures modelled from scraps), like Royalty in Black with a king and queen shaped in black metal, both looking like World War II tanks. Thirty-three-year-old Arzan, who incidentally is also an architect being driven crazy by clients with Vaastu and Feng Shui obsessions, averred: "I don't like over decoration ... and I revel in natural forms. For Cornered, I concentrated on furniture and Dimple's candles complemented the works perfectly." Visitors dropping in at Allure agreed wholeheartedly with the magic. Disappointments, if any, were at the steep prices alone. -Natasha Israni
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