Crazy Clouds Glass, jewelry, 24K gold, millefiori,beads, wire wrapped copper tubing, and collected objects.

As Time Goes By Glass, unglazed porcelain, millefiori, beads, jewelry,wire wrapped copper tubing and collected objects.

Striations Marble, granite, soapstone, smalti, glass, unglazed porcelain, kiln formed glass, 24K gold, copper leafed glass, millefiori and shells.

Combustion Smalti, stone, beads, pyrite, golds, glass,corundum, copper flakes and mesh and acrylics.

Haze Smalti, slate, mica, golds, glass, beads, copper, yarn, fabric and acrylics.

October 2010 Featured Student Artist: Vaishali Sanghavi

Journey
I have always been an artist, experimenting with a lot of different art forms, painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, and glass to name a few. Today, I feel my past art experiences have come together in my mosaics. After the design process is completed, my search for the perfect tesserae begins.

Mosaics
I discovered IMA randomly, while googling. I was curious, so I took a class. Since then my life has never been the same again. I am hooked on mosaics. My background in Textile Design greatly influences my work, and I love playing with textures and colors to compliment my designs. After getting involved with mosaics, I have travelled a lot to visit ancient and contemporary mosaic sites ( Paris, London, Italy, Vienna and India). IMA has added a lot of richness to my artistic life.

Growth
I have been fortunate enough to have learned the art of mosaic from a lot of wonderful visiting artists at IMA. Laurel Skyes vibrant classes and personality have inspired me a lot. It was in Lillian Sizemores Mandala class Mosaics from the Mind's Eye that I discovered my voice in mosaics.

Direction
I hope to continue my growth in fine art mosaics and hopefully have more opportunities for gallery work.

Classes
Abstract Mosaics — Lynne Chinn
Radical Dimensions in Glass Mosaics — Kelley Knickerbocker
Mosaics from the Mind's Eye — Lillian Sizemore
Mosaic Rocks — Sophie Druin
Color & Design Intensive — Emma Biggs
Rajasthani Tapestries — Laurel Skye
Millefiori Workshop: Garden of 1000 Flowers — Laurel Skye
MIxed Media Mosaics — Laurie Mika
Tempered Glass Mosaics — Ellen Blakeley
Magical Mosaic Butterflies — Irina Charney
Mosaic Intensive — Sonia King
Architectural Applications — Laurel True
Business of Mosaics — Laurel True
Exterior & Garden Applications
Darjit! Concrete Garden Sculpture — Brent Sumner
Lightweight Concrete Sculpture

International
Mumbai India
Potraiture JJ School of Arts
Screenprinting Sophia College
Textile Design, majoring in weaving Sophia College
Indian miniature painting Subhash Pillai

Exhibitions
Selected Group Shows
Seto, Japan (GAS conference)
Kittrell/Riffkind Dallas, Texas
Sama Mini Salon
Institute of Mosaic Art
2cc gallery, Long Beach, CA 2009
2cc gallery, Long Beach, CA 2010
Published artist in gallery section of Mosaic Renaissance book by Laurel skye

Professional
Textile Designer Calico Mills Ahmedabad, India
Textile Designer Magnum overseas, Mumbai, India
Fashion design Fashionvallas (Partner) Mumbai, India
Wedding set design(Indipendent) Mumbai India
Mosaic projects kids at Oak Elementary School, Los Altos, CA