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.