Mapping water in Mumbai

The set contains cards with sketches of water edifices across the city

The city's water edifices have found their way onto postcards and bookmarks at the hands of Mumbai-based architect Rahul Chemburkar. Along with his firm Vaastu Vidhaan, Chemburkar has created a collection that brings Mumbai's rich cultural heritage to the fore, with unique sketches that depict different water monuments across the city. "This is an art initiative for people to connect with the heritage in Mumbai. During the pandemic, I revisited many sketches that I had created in the past 10 to 20 years. I thought that since I'm working in the field of heritage, I should launch this as an initiative. So, I started with water monuments as the first step," says Chemburkar.

Rahul Chemburkar

The set comprises six cards and two bookmarks with sketches done in predominantly pen and ink. To maintain the element of surprise, Chemburkar has chosen not to reveal the names of the edifices, but one that will definitely grace the cards is Fort's Flora Fountain. "It's been exclusively printed to give justice to the art. It's also to make people feel nostalgic about the idea of revisiting postcards; that medium has not died off in any way", he adds. Chemburkar plans to release a series of such cards and bookmarks in the upcoming months.

Email: rahul.vaastuvidhaan@gmail.com
Cost: Rs 450