You have seen artists paint and sketch, but Karachi’s Ali Chand creates works of art using spoons and forks.
Talking to Independent Urdu, Ali Chand said that he has been painting since childhood and also makes different types of sketches, but the idea of making different things with spoons and forks came to him during the Corona epidemic when jobs all over the world were cut. reduced and a large number of people became unemployed.
Ali Chand has been working as a stage designer for the past 22 years, but when he couldn’t find work in Corona, he searched the internet for various art related things and found a new way of making art using spoons and forks, which They learned and started making their own art.
He further said that in the beginning he faced a lot of difficulties because he did not know how to weld spoons and forks, so he learned welding from his friends and now he makes things by himself.
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He has so far created many objects including butterfly, dolphin, elephant, peacock, small insect, ant, flower, fish, scorpion and hippopotamus.
Ali Chand further said that this art is more difficult and time consuming than other arts and the steel items in it are also quite expensive due to which people like it more but its sale in the market is very low. .
According to him: ‘It takes about a day to make two pieces and if two helpers are with you, five pieces can be made in a day.’
Ali Chand also wants to work on making women’s jewelery with spoons and forks.
He said: ‘Art and artists are valued and creativity is encouraged all over the world, but art and artists are not valued in our society, which discourages emerging artists. They do not advance this work.’
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2024-09-05 07:17:12
