The Ideal Home and Garden August 2019 | 77
TIHG People
For Shineel, it all began with a desire to find something
unique, to know how something was made, what went
behind making it - the realstory, and most importantly
the audacity to celebrate the imperfections that come
withit.her love,desire, andpassionfor doingallthings
beautiful and audacious gave birth
toThehouse of Artisans. A bit of an
outlier since childhood, Shineel has
always been comfortable, and more
so ecstatic, about all things peculiar
and rare. She overlooks design and
hence each product that comes out has
something crazy about it, something
that tells a story of what it was,
somethingthatmakeseachpieceone
ofa kind!ThOAworkswithartisans
from acrossthe worldwho resonate
withtheThOA way - of celebrating
imperfections, feeling special about
each piece created and keeping our
world beautiful and sustainable at
the same time. Shineel adds, “We love
every tiny scrape, miniature cracks, a
slip of a paintbrush, the coarse textures
and the blotch of the hues. After all, a
tale is not complete without a few swells of sobs, memory is
not beautiful without a few scars, and art is not art without
the stories of its flaws.”ShINeeL
(ThehOuSeOF
ArTISANS)