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Let's Sculpt Chalks!

Who all can
sculpt on Chalks ?
Any one with a childlike heart, average near
vision, steady hands, good imagination and
unlimited patience !

The Book on Chalk Sculpture has now
been published.
They are available in Bengali and English at a
price of Rs.150/- only (Price in India. Delivery
charges extra). Distributors:
Ujjal Sahitya Mandir, K-2/1 Marcus Square.
Kolkata 700007.
Tel: 432051815, 9433019786

How to sculpt chalks ?
The book "Let's Sculpt Chalks" is for the beginners.
You can start from the scratch , literally, and end up
making beautiful figures on Chalk by following his simple
instructions. The book has 80 photographs and 165
illustrations for easy understanding.
Here are some of the pages from the book including the
pages of Exercise-9, where you can learn how to make a
covered boat requiring boring through the Chalk..
The book has been written in Bengali and English.

Some pages from
Let's Sculpt Chalks !

Just placing the mouse on the thumbnails will give the page details and
clicking will open the page for you to read.

The Mantra for
Chalk Sculptors!

You must decide first that you
shall do it.Start your work with
patience and surely you will make
it.
If it breaks while making,
then start afresh and no
heart-breaking.
All around us is breaking,
only you be the one who's making
!*****

Goddess Durga with her family

These are sculpted on Ordinary
Blackboard Chalks.

The photographs show highly
magnified images of Chalk Sculpture
which are only about 1~3 inches long !

You are viewing all original works of Art ! None
of them are Copies.

Many of the Sculpture shown here are in
private collections.

The Artist and Sculptor has decided not to sell
any more of his Chalk Sculpture and wishes to
set up a permanent Gallery of his works at
Kolkata ... some day !

Since Chalk is very brittle, the Chalk Sculpture
have been hardened for preservation and long
life. There are Chalk Sculpture over 35 - 40
years old and in very good condition.

It takes about seven to eight hours to finish
one figure or portrait on a single piece of
Ordinary Black board Chalk !

The tools used are a Sewing Needle and a
Shaving Blade !