Mysore :

The creative hands of three alumni of city’s Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), has given a dried Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe Lagenicaules) tree the shape of a ‘ROCKET’ at a park opposite Hemavathi School in T.K. Layout in city.

The three alumni of CAVA who have been credited for the concept are Shivaprasad, working as a Graphic Designer at AIISH; Obaiah, who is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and Ravishankar, an artist at Ripple Fragrances of Ranga Rao and Sons Group.

Shivaprasad, speaking to SOM, said that he frequently visits the park as he lives nearby and thought of doing something creative when he saw the dried Bottle Palm tree at the park.

He further said that M.N. Satyanandavittu, Gen. Secretary of Sri Tulasi Parisara Nairmalya Samsthe in T.K. Layout approached him to do something creative out of the dried tree.

Shivaprasad then discussed it with his friends Ravishankar and Obaiah about the same, who in-turn readily expressed their willingness to join him in creating this piece of art.

The trio initially thought of turning the tree into a bottle or a pencil, but zeroed in on the rocket, considering the interests of kids who frequent the park.

From Tree to Rocket: A coat of Plaster of Paris (PoP) was applied before painting the tree with white and red colours. The rocket also evokes a sense of patriotism with the tri-colour painted in the middle with ‘India’ written in bold letters. The park has been drawing huge crowds of people of all age, wanting to have a glimpse of the creativity of the artists and clicking photographs standing next to it.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / March 19th, 2014