Karuwa - An artifact

Karuwa (करुवा) is a vessel used in Nepali community to drink, serve or store water. Mostly used by Newar community, this vessel is either plain metal or may have moderate to exquisite carvings on them.

This image of Karuwa was created with the combination of Sketchup, Vray and Photoshop. The model was made simply using the "Follow Me" tool in Sketchup. Then, the rendered image was further given a Photoshop touch for more realistic effect.

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Safa Tempo - Three Wheeler Electric Vehicle

SAFA is a Nepali word for clean. SAFA tempos are the first electric vehicles in Kathmandu. It was brought to Nepal in 1996. Currently there are more than 600 SAFA tempos in Kathmandu valley alone. Around 120,000 passengers benefit from the service provided by the SAFA tempo in 17 different routes within the city, on a daily basis.

Chariot Wheel - Rato Machhindranath

More than 300 pieces of wood are used to construct the chariot of Rato Machhindranath. The 100 pieces of the total goes to the wheels each confirming to the exact 25 pieces. Each wheel is a symbolic representation of god Bhairav. The central spine of the wheel is a cylindrical drum strengthened at the edges using iron rings. To this central drum the wedge shaped pieces of wood are affixed. Each three pieces are held together by an arced wood. Thus the total of 18 wedge shaped wood pieces are held in place by 6 arced woods and connected to a central spine.

Bamboo Flute

The model was made in SketchUp and then rendered using V-ray. First, a long cylinder with small cylinders for the flute holes in places was created. Holes were cut using the solid tools in sketchup. Then, using the follow-me tool, the red ribbons were created.

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