INDIA
MAMALLAPURAM
MAKE ART IN INDIA, STONE & BRONZE WORKSHOPS,
2024 – 2025
STONE CARVING WORKSHOP
Make Art In India provides professional stone sculpting spaces for artists interested in carving the Indian grey-black (soft) granite and two kind of limestone, a red and a green one.
Participants get all the tools they need, hand-, power- and pneumatic ones + cutting and grinding discs and some assistance from skilled Indian Artisans.
Medium-small blocks of the local granite are also included in the workshop fee.
BRONZE CASTING WORKSHOP
The GSWs stone workshop fee includes also the bronze workshops one.
Participants get working spaces, moulding wax / clay, hand- and power tools and assistance if needed.
The process used in Tamil Nadu is the Tribal Casting, a little rougher than the Lost Wax Casting.
The workshops Assistants help preparing the casting and carry it out. They may also help finishing the work by grinding, welding and patinating it. This phase is not included in the fee.
About Mahabhalipuram
From 2010, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, has been the ultimate destination for Artists sculpting in stone, bronze and wood. In this little town of 14.000 inhabitants, hundreds of artisans keep carving in the local grey-black granite one exquisite Hindu God after the other. The outcome of their combined experience is amazingly inspiring. Mamallapuram is an archaeological treasure with its temples from the 6th century Pallava Dynasty period, and its beaches stretching North and South. The water of the Bay of Bengal keeps steady 26°C from December to March. There are direct flights from Europe to Chennai/ Madras, India’s fourth-largest city… 67 km from Mamallapuram. Our cars will pick up the Participants at the airport at any time. Visit the website www.makeartinindia.in, www.creativesculptors.in, for some wonderful sculpting weeks in India…!
Fees and details
Since many years, Global Stone Workshop® collaborates with Art Master Mr T. BASKARAN, Sculptor and Temple Builder, Founder of “CREATIVE SCULPTORS,” Tamil Nadu’s best and largest stone workshop.
GSW has an agreement with the Sea Shore Garden Resort. The hotel is on the beach. Our Participants get a good accommodation and service from 95€ to 150€ / week for a room with own balcony, air conditioning, fridge, etc.
The fee for the Stone & Bronze Workshop is 80€ to 90€ for a 6 working days week and includes all that is needed for stone sculpting… working spaces, hand- and power tools, cutting- grinding discs, stone, lunch at the stone workshop, Chai tea twice a day, expert assistance if needed.
Participants may join both the stone- and the bronze workshops for the same fee.
ATTENTION!
At Make Art in India/ Creative Sculptors you rent an individual working space of 4 m2. Make Art in India/ Creative Sculptors have no responsibility whatsoever for accidents that may occur during your working time… you sculpt at your own risk. You are also responsible for damages you might cause others. Buy a Personal Accident Insurance in your own country… if you don’t have one already.