World Crafts Council
| January
2010 to March 2010
Shell craft was introduced during the second
session of the Craft Education Programme from January
2010 to March 2010.
Shell's are nature's best
decorative gifts. They are generally found in sea and available in diverse
variety & color combination. Shell crafts are made using these shells. It
takes very innovative craftsmanship and imagination to make shell craft. Shell
crafts made by skilled artisans look stunningly beautiful and extremely
elegant. It gives a heavenly touch to the ambiance. Shell crafts show nature's
exquisite beauty with most elegant fashion.
Mr.Abrahaman Raman, Master Crafts person and State Awardee,
was our resource person for this session. He is passionate about this craft and
has learnt everything on his own interest. He has 15 tsunami affected people
training under him. He is in his field for 36 years. He makes flowers, animals,
birds, jewellery, mirror frames, boxes and other
shell decors.
The following schools participated in this session.
1. Padma Sarangapani Matriculation Hr. Secondary School, Villivakkam
2. Children’s Garden Hr. Secondary
School, Mylapore
3. MCTM Chidambaram Chettiar Matriculation Hr.Seconday School, Alwarpet
4. Hari Shree Vidyalayam, Raja Annamalaipuram
The children were very enthusiastic in learning the
technique of shell craft to make flowers, birds and animals. These beautiful pieces
can be displayed in their homes or gifted to their loved ones.
Craft teachers in the schools also showed keen
interest in learning.
105 children participated in the second
session.
Valedictory function was organized in all the
schools. During that time, the
children had an opportunity to exhibit the products made during the workshop.
They also shared their experiences and joy of making these items on their own.
WCC education team members and school authorities
were present and issued certificates to the participants.
As in the previous sessions, this has been made possible by
the relentless efforts of our education committee members.
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