अन्वेषण – Through the Print is a portfolio of etching works created during a young printmakers’ camp at Prarambh Art Studio. Diverse visual voices are united by a continuous line, symbolizing connection, shared curiosity, and collective exploration across cultures, regions, and artistic journeys through printmaking.

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Title- Involute viii
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
Nilesh Kashyap’s Involute series reflects his Jaipur experience through intricate, tradition-inspired patterns. These ornate surfaces contrast with societal neglect. Centered on a mentally disturbed street figure, the work explores invisibility, isolation, and silent struggle, urging viewers to confront unseen lives and reconsider the limits of empathy.

Title- Untitled
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
This etching draws from the artist’s childhood in Jharia, a coal-mining town. A paper boat drifting above suggests innocence and imagination, while below a coal worker toils in darkness. The contrast reveals layered memories, survival, and the unseen realities beneath everyday life.

Title- Royal Roots
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
Inspired by Jaipur, this etching merges fashion illustration with Rajasthani architectural motifs. A stylized self-portrait wears imagined architectural attire, blending tradition and structure. Through this visual fusion, the artist reflects on place, cultural memory, and the exploration of identity, particularly queer identity, as a deeply personal and expressive journey.

Title- Karigar
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
This artwork depicts an unsung laborer restoring a crumbling Jaipur palace wall. Despite a severed hand, his spirit remains whole, driven by quiet resolve. His labor becomes a metaphor for resilience, honoring unseen artisans whose silent craftsmanship preserves cultural heritage with dignity, grit, and unwavering purpose.

Title- Comfort Zone
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
Amid chaos, the artwork reveals emotional and creative refuge. The rhinoceros embodies inner strength and protection, sheltering the girl. A hidden sculpture reflects her quiet devotion to art and growth, while the patterned carpet forms a grounding comfort zone where dreams, beliefs, imagination, and self-expression gently flourish.

Title- Dream
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
From the Dream series, this artwork weaves memory, tradition, and change into a layered visual narrative. Spinning wheels, threads, and abstracted rural forms recall craft and ritual, while surreal composition and monochrome tones create a dreamlike pause between fading heritage and emerging modernity, celebrating the quiet poetry of village life.

Title- Struggle
Medium- Etching & Aquatint
Size- 8x10 inches
Year- 2025
This work reflects the harsh, unforgiving reality of life. Inspired by an elderly woman struggling to walk among others, it highlights quiet endurance and unseen hardships. At an age meant for rest and care, she continues to struggle, reminding us that life tests everyone and urging us to notice such silent realities around us.
Woodcut printmaking is a relief printing process where an image is carved into a wooden block. The raised surface is inked and printed onto paper under pressure. This technique produces bold contrasts, textured marks, and visible wood grain, allowing multiple impressions from one carved block.

Title- Slum
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Landscape
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Untitled
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Untitled
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Prarambh the Making
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- The Alpha Male
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Inside World -1
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Inside world-2
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024

Title- Untitled
Medium- Woodcut
Size- 10 x12 inches
Year- 2024
Prarambh Art Studio
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