Uma Kannan, an Indian quilling artist, crafter (making silk thread jewelry), is currently living in Chennai. Now she is a homemaker. Her art journey started when she was a small child. Her inspiration was her mom, who drew a lot of wonderful Rangoli…then she started doing quilling artwork along with it. Uma did a job in the private sector….then she had a long break, then she started doing these amazing quilling artworks.
“Pattern is the creation of an experience. It’s also the process of the said creation and how well it’s organized. On top of that, the pattern is the result, i.e. the things we see, hear, and feel”
– Artist Mrs. Uma Kannan
She excels in the use of color configurations and the art of transforming geometric and curvilinear forms. She explores the unlimited potentiality of chromatic and tonal scales, visual planes, and volume within a two-dimensional framework. Viewing her dynamic works of art is an exciting kinetic experience similar to viewing patterns.
As a Color Field painter Uma color relationships with fervor. Her palette is innovative and complex. She mixes more than 25 different oil paints to create every color in her craft/rangoli. she has officiated her talent during Lockdown 2020, displaying her beautiful creations through Instagram page @umakannan2706.
Due to the large scale of her craft, her pictorial scheme appears to extend beyond our peripheral vision. She is an optical illusionist whose art defies spatial limitations. Colorful patterns advance and recede, undulate and coalesce. They emulate the manner in which the universe operates in the energetic realms of both the microcosm and macrocosm.
Uma’s use of both organic shapes and pixelated forms serves as references to living organisms as well as the world of technology. These patterns cohabitate in harmony, often superimposed upon the other, to create a reverie of unpredictable movement and transparent effects.
