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Adil Writer is an architect, ceramist and painter with a masters degree in architecture from the University of Houston, USA. After eleven years with the Bombay firm Talati & Panthaky, he decided to 'take a break' to study pottery at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, under the eagle eyes of Deborah Smith & Ray Meeker. one year led to another, and another, …….and now he has his own studio in the international community of Auroville in
South India , where he is a partner at Mandala Pottery.
Adil’s current painting and ceramic work, carries a ‘ritualistic agenda’. A ritual that has 'taken over the [his] being' to the point where he 'cannot switch off.' 'Daily doses of faith in
South India , … meaning so much to some, and unnoticed by most. For me the works that come out are an expression of faith – faith in culture and humanity and in life.' With a leap of faith, Adil has frozen the votive act into a single moment trusting that the visual will be persuasive in itself, creating a palpable energy around his creations. Paraphrasing the sacred, he has c ...
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