Friday, February 26, 2010

Terracotta at the studio

preparing the terra-cotta clay
deviba wala shaping her sculpture
arpit biloria giving finishing touches to his work





Wednesday, February 10, 2010

All India Metal Casting Workshop at C.N. College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad

All India Metal Casting Workshop 

Dates: 30th jan to 8th feb 2010
Venue: Sheth C.N. College of fine arts, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad
Jointly organized by: C.N. College of Fine Arts in collaboration with the West Zone Culture Centre, Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Program Officer: M.r R K Sharma
About the Workshop
This camp aims to bring together artists from the field of sculpture; those who follow the traditional casting methods and folk arts as well as those whose styles are more contemporary in an effort to promote healthy dialogue between the artists of various genre and give them an opportunity to work on a common platform and interact with each other. 
This workshop comprises of 12 artists from 6 zones of  WZCC, NCZCC, SCZCC, SZCC.

About the Organizer
The Indian Government has 7 cultural zones 
One of them is the West Zone Culture Centre which comprises of the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharastra, Goa, and union territories of Daman and Diu.
The West Zone Cultural Centre conducts various activities and camps/workshops for the promotion of the Artists.
mr. r.k. sharma, mr. ratilal kansodaria & mr. devang vyas
deviba wala & mr. ratilal kansodaria

arpit biloria & mr. ratilal kansodaria


The Contemporary Artists worked with the Lost Wax’  & ‘Sand Casting’ Process
The Folk Artists worked with a method called ‘Dhokra’ metal casting.