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INTRICATELY CARVED Some of the pieces on display

Traditional art and craft with a trendy touch.Budget-friendly pieces, but ones that are sure to appeal to the aesthetic eye. That's what The Heritage Gallery's new collection for 2008 is about. The collection runs the gamut from bronze, copper and stone figures to framed mirrors and designer furniture and from antique bells and lamps to wall hangings. There is a huge collection of wood carvings, including the popular Ganeshas (sitting, standing, reclining) and pieces that can be mounted on walls in a variety of designs - yalis, horses, thoranams and elephants. The carvings have been given a "terra batik "finish by using imported colours or are decorated with 24-carat gold and silver foil or bronze. A long two-piece Ashtalakshmi wood panel and a four-foot tall wood carving are pieces worth checking out.

The bronze collection is stunning as are the intricately sculpted stone figures. Most of the deities in the Hindu pantheon are depicted - Ganesha, Muruga with his consorts, Arthaneeswarar, Ram-Lakshman and Sita and Nataraja. The bells (embellished with swans or decorated with the many avatars of Vishnu), brass lamps, tripods and urulis are eye-catching. Designer furniture (centre pieces that could become the focal point of a room ) made of wood, fountains that can be used on a side table with Ganesha and Krishna figures, wood and terracotta pen stands, clocks, a huge collection of masks, designer lamps (uruli lamps) made of terracotta and embellished on the edges with diyas and figures of deities, a collection of Ganeshas in various poses, oil paintings that include Ravi Varma replicas. the list of artefacts is long. The exhibition at A7, Anna Nagar East, opens today and is on till February 15. A discount of up to 15 per cent is offered on select items.

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