When we are not busy in fulfilling the responsibilities and duties of parents, son and daughter and individual roles in our professional live, we are busy conceptualizing designs and trying to see how best we can up cycle unused things into useful products. Madhvi had always loved playing with Colors, paper, ribbons. She used to make cards, gift raps, charts during her school projects and as gifts for her friends and family. As her passion grew stronger she moved from making Greeting cards to small home-decor designs by converting leftovers into masterpieces.

Madhvi had lots of designs and images in her head, she needed a partner to help her give shape to them. Finally Vikram, her husband started helping her to give the shape to her ideas. Vikram has a flare of technology and a keen interest in transforming difficult task to easy. Our skills sharpened through trial and error. We learnt through observation and experience, reading, learning and the support from each other helped them all the more. None of us have never taken any professional training or enrolled in a course.

When people look at our work, they find it hard to believe that it’s handmade. “Awesome, they say,” and this is motivating and has kept us going.” The entire process has not been easy, the designs requires time, effort concentration and an eye for fine details. The unused materials that we uses are from house, some are given by friends and family and some procured through the local scrap dealers. “If Madhvi have to make a design out of bottles, such as a lamp she should have a clear image in her head, once the design in drafted on a paper, Vikram starts working on the technical aspect and giving the design the final shape. This requires lot of brainstorming and concentration on the minute details, safety and image of the final product. We specialize in working on the empty liquor bottles and converting them in Chandeliers, bottle planters, candle lamps and beer mugs.

We have been part of various exhibition’s and people have always loved our products, specially the Wine Bottle Chandeliers and lamps. We also displayed a unique collection of designs made by using leftover pieces of wood, old car tires, magazines, mirrors, cloths and machine parts. Each product had been hand-made and was thus was unique in its design. Many people, who visited the exhibition, did not go back home empty handed, said Meenakshi, an Accounts professional, “I was visiting a friend who took me to the exhibition and I met the Fursat team there, they had so many items and all were so unique and beautiful. The products can be actually used and be kept at home. I actually end up buying lot of products from them.”

This project not only produces designs but also contributes to protect our environment.