KSID Hosts Wood Carving Workshop

Carved Creations-Handicrafts offer an important perspective on the material culture of a region. In order to expose our students to the wood carving art of Kerala, KSID hosted Carved Creations, a workshop on Shilpa Shastra and Wood Carving on 24th March 2018 at our campus in Chandanathope. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Hari Kumar owner of a firm dealing in wood carvings and Mr. Vijay Shankar, a wood carving artisan, from Muttathara, Trivandrum. The guests discussed the various aspects of Shilpa Shastra and the nuances of the wooden figures that they had brought with them. A live carving session was also performed by Mr. Vijay Shankar.