Hari & Deepti

Making of one of our largest pieces till date with @apparaogalleriesindia. This one was for a beautiful home in Delhi. Our solo show opens this Friday Dec 20 @heronarts San Francisco, come say hi ! #handcut #labourofpapercuts #harianddeepti #paperisalive

There are times we question ourselves and our laborious process involving multiple hours & days of work to create a single image. But then its in these moments when we push ourselves and the lights turn on to reveal the images of our magnificent universe that everything starts making sense again. Behind the scenes from the upcoming picture book we illustrated,” We the curious ones” written by Marion Dane Bauer releasing on Nov 7th, available for preorder. #endlesspossibilitieswithpaper #harianddeepti #paperisalive #paperandlight #kidlit #paperdioramas #cutpaperillustrations #behindthescenes #artistlife #handmade #handcut #childrensbook #wethecuriousones #bts #artistlife #artiststudio #slowdown

So happy to see our work at @nph and @dbelicious 's gorgeous home. One of our personal favorite till date. Thanks @blackbookgallery for making this happen. Watch the entire video on @archdigest YouTube channel. #harianddeepti #artist #paperartist #architecturaldesign #christmas #neilpatrickharris #davidburtka #artcollector #themagicianshat #rabbitonthemoon #magicians #paperisalove #papermagic #papwrart #paperartist #handcutpaper #ethereal #family

Behind the scene of our 7ft x 3.5ft artwork.

“All that she remembers” This piece is a quiet homage to the fading memories of our elders, their fragmented recollections. We intentionally placed this piece sideways on the wall, its imagery blurred with delicate Washi paper—an invitation to linger, to lean in, to look closer. We love observing people at our show and it was heartwarming to find people lost in this unassuming piece, tucked away in a quiet corner. It remains one of the most personal pieces in the collection. We made the frames in-house. Backlit Hand cut archival paper and @awagami_factory Washi paper.

@harianddeepti create immersive worlds using layers of hand-cut paper illuminated from within, bringing narratives to life with light and shadow. Their poetic, dreamlike scenes have been featured globally, we collaborated with them for artwork for heartwork to craft a piece that thanks the natural world in all its wonder. #artandfound #creatorseconomy #creativeindustry #indianartists

We went back to Denver after 10 years and revisited some of our murals (what’s left of them). This one was the last mural we painted before we left Denver in 2014. Not much remains of it but it was a wonderful reminder of how we started, friends we made and the team we worked with @birdseedanthony @likemindedart @newbelgium and everyone who came out to help us paint this. Thanks to our friends Kristin and Chase for taking us around the city. Denver will always have a special place in our hearts and it will always be home!!

BTS of “A walk to the two old ponds”

For our solo show in Jan @heronarts we made three of these peep boxes . “Through the Groves” one of our personal favourite (featured on Colossal) is the last remaining piece from the set of three. If you are interested or would like to know more please reach out to tova@heronarts.com

—> “Omana’s Window” was a piece (4th image) inspired by my (Deepti’s) grandmother, Omana. I loved her to bits but as a teenager I would often get into arguments with her. She was an avid reader and like many malayali women of her time she would wait for her monthly weekly magazines and Manorama newspaper. I would argue that she has not seen the world and she would argue back that she sees the world pass by from her window and the newspapers and magazines tell her all there is to know about the world. She passed away few years back but the window is still there, her home is still there. A home where most of us from the family were born. I wanted the world to come see her window. This is a very dear piece and was part of our solo show,”Forgotten places of beings and things”, please reach out to tova@heronarts for any questions, interests.

Here's a recap of the Mumbai CM talk by @harianddeepti at @g5a.culture where they discussed their journey as engineers-turned-artists, and how their medium of paper continues to evolve into a myriad of forms, weaving the talk together through Feburary's theme of 'Layers'. The talk will be up on the website soon.

We rarely get to spend time with our work. Here are some of the images & a video from our last large scale project of 2024, handmade, cut paper and light. #hariandeepti #paperisalive