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India’s first Paper Sculpture Institute coming up in Vizag
India’s first-of-its-kind paper sculpture institute is coming up in this port city. Noted self-taught paper sculptor Moka Satish Kumar has been planning to set up a paper sculpture institute of global standards. The institute will have unique syllabus and atypical academic features.
Visakhapatnam: India’s first-of-its-kind paper sculpture institute is coming up in this port city. Noted self-taught paper sculptor Moka Satish Kumar has been planning to set up a paper sculpture institute of global standards. The institute will have unique syllabus and atypical academic features.
Satish Kumar is the one and only paper sculptor in India who has created 240 eye-catching pieces so far, though paper is not everyone’s choice when it comes to making sculptures. He complements his works with attractions, including LED lighting and individual showcases.
A resident of Gopalapatnam, Satish Kumar, a commerce graduate, has worked as an accountant in a private company. However, fine arts being his childhood fancy, he had kept up his interest into adulthood and today his mindset is such that he cannot be happy as an ‘employee’ – an artistic trait.
Finally, 12 years ago, he resigned to job and started working on paper craft. Not satisfied with doing routine craftwork, he looked for various ways and means in which he could something special with paper – his consuming passion. That’s when he hit upon paper sculpture, knowing few across the world emerged as paper sculptors.
Having observed that there have been sculptors making human images out of paper, Satish Kumar taught himself the expertise of making human forms, besides those of birds and animals. After experimenting with several types of papers, Satish Kumar settled on ‘CANSON’ paper with 150 to 250 GSM thicknesses. Although there are 40 shades of paper available in the market, Satish Kumar has been using ivory colour for most of his works.
“I am still wondering how I could emerge into this art. Patience, concentration and very particularly hardcore interest are very much needed to shine in this art. There are no supports to these sculptures and all are front panels only. I am setting up LED lights as backdrops to the sculptures and creating exclusive showcases.
I never think about their shelf life and the economics of making them. However, now I am planning to make a script to promote this art and planning to start an institution to train the youth to conserve the art,” Satish Kumar told The Hans India.
By VKL Gayatri
