Mangaluru: Praveen Varakutea, an art teacher from Varakuteera Art School in Putture, has released a new collection of miniature Ganeshas on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Miniature Ganeshas from a height ranging from 2 to 7 inches has been made from mouldit clay by him.
The material is not sticky, which makes it easy to form an idol.
It has a glossy end result, and set in 90 minutes, and dries quickly.
Praveen has created a Ganeshas miniature for the past 16 years, and two years ago has created 12 unique idols from e-waste.
Since class IX, he has been eager to create miniature idols, and every year on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, he creates miniature idols from different materials.
“As a teenager, I’m excited about miniature carvings.
I believe in detail, and my first ganesha was carved with rice grains,” he said.
He tried to carve Ganesha on mustard seeds.
He has experimented with ganesha rendering with bamboo, tin pencil, mud, pen refill, ice candy sticks, foam beams and various other materials.