The clay sculpture of a student sculpted by an Assistant Professor and a PG student of Kumbakonam college has generated huge interest among participants in the ongoing Festember’16 at the National Institute of Technology-T.
As B. Praveen, undergraduate student of Department of Architecture of the NIT, stood as model, P. Dhanaseelan, faculty of Department of Architecture, NIT, and S. Radhakrishnan, a PG student of fine arts in Kumbakonam Arts College, sculpted his shape with clay.
It took about 10 hours for Dhanaseelan and Radhakrishnan to complete the clay sculpture that almost resembles the frame of Praveen. The artists have designed the sculpture with much diligence to figure out the face, hairstyle, frame and dress wore by him.
They have used nearly 200 kg of clay for designing the sculpture.
“Clay modelling is not an easy task. It requires patience and meticulous planning and execution,” says Mr. Dhanaseelan.
Stating that it was known as a 3-dimensional piece of art, he said it was a basic for all forms of sculptures by using, oil based clay, ceramic clay, pottery clay, wax or other materials.
A shape of a person could be sculptured within three to four hours. However, fine tuning or finishing touches would consume long duration.
The cooperation of person, whose shape was to be sculptured, was paramount important.
He would have to stand like a statue for several hours, said Dhanaseelan, who has sculptured the shapes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President Abdul Kalam and others.
Radhakrishnan, clay modelling artist, said that an artist, who was well versed with clay modelling, could excel in other forms of sculptures including wax modelling. There was a good demand for clay modelling artists in cinema industry.
