Musical instrument sculpture workshop concludes at Shilpgram

20-day workshop on musical instrument sculpture workshop organised by West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC), Udaipur concluded on Saturday. The workshop had 9 artists from around the country who carved musical instruments out of stone. 

The sculptors worked on white, black, yellow and pink marble blocks and brought to life musical instruments like Harmonium, Tabla, Sarangi, Veena, Nagada, Santoor etc. The workshop attracted sculptors from Mumbai, Chhatisgarh, Odissa, Jaipur, Vadodara, Ratnagiri and Chandigarh.

The workshop was organised with the idea of bringing people closer to Indian musical instruments by bringing these instruments to life out of stone.

At the concluding ceremony, Addition Director, WZCC, thanked the sculptors and said that these sculptures will provide an opportunity for tourists at Shilpgram to become aware and to appreciate these musical instruments.

Artist Shiv Verma from Vadodara said that sculpting musical instruments out of stone was his first experience and he opined that this could possibly have been the first such workshop in the country.