The Glass Museum.

Ganesha Mandala

2017 · TIFFANY COPPER FOIL · POOJA ROOM

Mandir backdrop for a Banjara Hills residence. Ganesha sits in the central octagon; an eight-pointed star carries the sacred geometry outward.

Navilu

2019 · LEAD CAME · PRIVATE COMMISSION

An homage to the peacock dome of Mysore Palace. Over four hundred pieces of emerald and sapphire glass in traditional H-came.

Venugopala

2015 · PAINTED & KILN-FIRED · TEMPLE HALL

Krishna under the kadamba tree, in the narrative style of the Birla Mandir windows. Face and hands painted in enamel and fired, so the line work never fades.

Vagdevi in White

2021 · OPALESCENT GLASS · MUSIC SCHOOL

Saraswati on the white lotus, veena in hand. Opal and ivory glass keeps the panel luminous even in low light; the swan is a single uncut piece.

Pooja Room Doors

2022 · JAALI LATTICE · RESIDENCE

Lotus medallions over a Mughal jaali lattice. Frosted glass gives the shrine privacy while letting the lamp glow through.

The Annunciation Light

2004 · LEAD CAME · CHAPEL, SECUNDERABAD

A Gothic section in the European tradition carried by Indian basilicas. Cobalt and ruby cathedral glass, leaded the way it has been done for eight hundred years.

Lady with Lamp

2018 · PAINTED & KILN-FIRED · HERITAGE HOME

Raja Ravi Varma's tradition carried into glass, a craft found almost nowhere else in the country. Painted skin tones, cut emerald and gold sari.

Star of the Deccan

2020 · INDO-SARACENIC · SKYLIGHT DOME

An eight-pointed star lattice for a stairwell skylight, in the line of the city's own palaces. At noon the whole stairwell turns amber.

Morning Lotus

2023 · ART NOUVEAU · ENTRANCE DOOR

Lotus vines and a rising sun for a Manikonda entrance door. Opalescent glass shifts from peach to champagne as the daylight moves.