SCULPTURES

I love making sculptures. Well, they say that need is the mother of all inventions. I think that is what would apply perfectly to how my journey into making sculptures began. Whenever I would come across a character I loved, be it human, animal or fantasy one, in a book or a movie I saw, a strong desire to have it would arise in me. This is how it happens with every child, I guess. So, I would go about creating that character from the bits and things around me. The best thing about these sculptures (if you can call them that!) is that I could play with them when I was finished making them. 

 

In time I started using more formal stuff, such as shilpkaar clay, which is available in most stationery shops. It is soft as clay, to begin with, and you can shape it into any form. After a while, it dries rock hard. Then you can even paint on it. But it is not that easy to handle and it took me a while to master it.

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Then I use hot glue which is molten plastic. This is a very difficult thing to work with but produces good results. It takes back-breaking effort. But the final result is excellent. Things made with it shine and are very strong. 

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I also make a lot of stuff using traditional paper mache. Recently I used my old Sanskrit book (post my final exams of course!) to create paper pulp which I turned into a beautiful horse. Sanskrit (which is part of my school curriculum) doesn’t make much sense to me. But turning my Sanskrit book into a beautiful horse, made perfect sense. He he he….

 

I also use a lot of other stuff according to need such as cloth, glitter, artificial hair and more. It is fun to make stuff which is 3D and as I mentioned before you can play with it when you are done. 

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Once I even sold some of the sculptures to kids in my housing apartment complex. It was more for fun than any commercial gain.