Each potholder from House of Hearts in India comes with a hand drawn tag with a smiling face on it and “Thank You” written in English.
I still have some House of Hearts potholders for sale, they’re sitting on a shelf in my studio. This tag, hanging off the shelf, caught my eye, all the features so carefully and skillfully drawn.
I’ve heard that when we draw a picture of an eye, we tend to draw the shape of our own eye. Makes me wonder if this is a likeness of one of the women who made it.
The Durga is also portrayed with this image at times. She is the protector of humanity especially women and children.
Oh interesting Maggie, I didn’t know that. How perfect.