By Janet Stoica

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According to Dwarakesh Nallan, an extremely innovative Auburn artist, his creations are “An idea sprinkled with a bit of inspiration, tons of creativity, numerous sketches, some rustic wood, and splashes of colors that take on a new and beautiful life of their own. As the Master Designer at The Nallans Workshop, I take great pleasure in converting my clients’ ideas into beautiful wooden designs bringing to life moments they can cherish.”

Dwarakesh states that art has always been a medium for his creativity. As a young artist on the other side of the world, the canvas gave him an opportunity to depict life scenes into inspirational designs. With a supportive family and a strong school system, he championed a number of national-level painting and arts competitions across India and helped share his designs with the rest of the community. When he moved to the U.S. over twenty years ago to pursue an education and professional career in the energy industry, his canvas, figuratively and literally, expanded.

In 2018, after moving to Auburn, with woodworking as a creative outlet, he decided to blend creative painting with woodworking skills to create The Nallans Workshop. The workshop, strongly supported by his wife, local Auburn town volunteer and event planner Amie Tailor, was established with a vision of providing their community creative and unique wood creations designed and fully hand-crafted without the influence of large-scale computerized warehouses and mass-producing machinery. According to Dwarakesh, computerization and machine-based art prints have completely removed the romance associated with hand-crafted designs and the intricate dedication that artists provide to their work product. His aim has been to bring hand-crafted creativity back and give it a well-deserved place in people’s homes in place of inferior mass-produced products. Every request is individually handled to ensure that the client’s ideas take their own shape onto a wooden canvas.

Mr. Nallan states that “My work today ranges from beautiful and very unique custom wooden wreaths which are their most popular products, especially in time for fall and the holidays with the exclusive “swap” feature to rustic wooden flags to customized corn hole boards to many more unique handcrafted art creations. These can be placed around the house, office, business, or garage and also serve as very thoughtful gifts. As I always say to my clients, if they have an idea, I just have to bring out my pencil, my paintbrush, and my creativity to transform it!”

“The most rewarding part of my passion is getting to work with our community members. Auburn and the neighboring communities have been so welcoming to small businesses such as ours and it is very encouraging to see the trust that community members have on local and home-grown entrepreneurships especially in a world where there are so many options available at their fingertips. An example of this can be seen at the Auburn Farmers and Cultural Market at the Summer Concert Series where locals actively check out and support all vendors including the The Nallans Workshop.

Outside of Auburn, The Nallans Workshop has also been invited to a number of other local festivals including the recent Worcester African Festival and has also been featured in Worcester Magazine under the Artist Spotlight section.

Dwarakesh indicates that “Apart from creating unique wooden products for our community, I am currently embarking on an artistic mission to depict beautiful life scenes on wooden canvas and portraying them to the public. These art series creations will be shared with some of the local art galleries in the coming months.”    www.theNallansWorkshop.com    Phone: (408) 242-320