PT: Tell us a little about yourself?
Shoma: Having been born and brought up in Delhi, I was interested in art and drawing since childhood. I’d draw on walls and floors, and spend most of my time decorating the class. Post my 10th Board exams, I took up a 3-year diploma course in Commercial Arts and simultaneously pursued MA in English Literature. I worked as a visualizer / graphic designer, and further went on to study interior designing and animation, to boost my passion for creativity and art. I founded ‘artbugindia’ in 2009, and began selling my quilling products under this banner. However, it was only after my exhibition at Delhi Parsi Anjuman which provided me with immense exposure, that I chose to take this up more professionally.
PT: How did you get introduced to the world of craft and quilling?
Shoma: Being a mother of three, I would hardly get time to myself. One day in 2009, my supportive mum-in-law, an art lover herself, got me a set of quilling tools and some art material to try out. Initially, it felt new and different, but soon I figured things out and began designing handmade cards, invites, albums and numerous home-made decor articles.
PT: How do artbugindia’s products and services stand out from the rest?
Shoma: I provide multiple options in products using decoupage, sospeso, thai clay flowers, paper flowers, stamping and inking, personalized gifts, album and scrapbooks and fabric painting. My art extends even to an academic level as I also teach these unique forms of art. I specialise in making stamps for festivals, like Navroze, Diwali, Holi and Raksha Bandan, which can be used as block printing on envelopes and on your own hand made greeting cards and save up on time and efforts.
PT: What’s in store in the future?
Shoma: I wish to teach this form of art to our future generations and make them explore this arena to the fullest. My aim and goal is to conduct more classes especially for our talented and creative Zoroastrian Community.
For further information about artbugindia’s creative pieces or art classes, email at
artbugindia@gmail.com or call/message on (0)8860407996. You can also visit her blog at artbugindia.blogspot.in or Youtube Channel: shoma beramji
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