Balachandiran Kajeepan b. 1994

“In my work, art converges with design—each informing and extending the other.I am deeply drawn to the possibilities that emerge when traditional knowledge, ecological awareness, and contemporary needs are brought into dialogue. My creative journey begins with an intimate connection to nature and craft. The pigments I extract from natural sources, the textures of handwoven textiles, and the stories embedded in traditional motifs are not relics of a distant past. They are gateways to renewal—portals through which the future is imagined.

 

For me, craft, design, and art are inseparable from everyday experience. They have always coexisted, shaping how we live, feel, and relate to the world. I see design not as a separate discipline, but as an extension of artistic thought—one that carries emotion, memory, and meaning into form. Experimentation and innovation are the threads that bind object, material, and affect, allowing me to weave new expressions from inherited knowledge”.