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Creating art works from wastes
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The passion to do something new differentiates him from the rest
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He has been dabbling with the brush since childhood. Art is in his genes, with one of his paternal uncles being a painter and the other a sculptor. It is, however, his passion to do something new that differentiates him from other painters.
Meet, Valluri Venkata Ramana, a drawing teacher at Siva Sivani School, Kirlampudi Layout. His concept is creating ‘Best out of waste’. He has done over 80 paintings on cloth, over 60 pencil sketches and charcoal drawings on handmade paper made from banana stem.
He conducted an awareness camp on use of natural clay for pottery and ‘diyas’ before Deepavali to his students at the school. “Natural clay is increasingly being replaced by Plaster of Paris and other materials that cause damage to the environment and we need to educate children on the benefits of natural clay,” he says.
Mr. Venkata Ramana has also used waste photographic paper that is discarded by photo studios, to do engravings. His engraving of a peacock on photo paper at the National-level “Visual Arts Workshop” held in New Delhi in 1999 won wide appreciation. “Participation in that workshop gave me the maximum satisfaction as I could interact with artists from different states of the country,” he says.
His charcoal works on handmade paper on personalities like Gandhiji, Sarojini Naidu and Lal Bahadur Sastry and colourful collages on Gandhiji, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba reflect his ingenuity in the art.
The awards bagged by him include ‘Best outstanding artist award’ given by the Orissa Governor in 2004 in the competition organised by the Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) and the second place in the National Art competition conducted by Wonder Art World.
He plans to hold exhibitions of his works in the city provided some Government agencies provide him the venue.
B. MADHU GOPAL
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