MODEL OF NALUKETTU MADE OF MATCH STICKS
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| Binujith, ‘Kuttiyil’, Manappurath, Vallikkunnam, Thodupuzha. |
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After
more than a year of sweet labour, using more than 1 lakh match sticks, Binujith,
a young artist has completed the 50cm x 50cm model of the traditional
Kerala house – Nalukettu. A
foreign tourist, after seeing the masterpiece, offered to buy it for
Rs.1.25 lakhs but the 24-year-old wouldn’t part with it.
His
model has 8 large rooms, 21 carved pillars, a central open space and
all-round veranda. Inside the
house there are well finished round pillars, small ventilators etc.
The doors are operable. There
is facility to provide light to the interior using a small bulb.
Binu has used fevicol to bond the match sticks.
For
Binu, making figures out of waste materials like twigs, match box, egg
shell, paper, coconut shell, mango seed etc. is a hobby.
His 1st creation was a 50cm long hanging bridge.
Binu
is the son of retired teachers Thrivyaran and Leelambika, ‘Kuttiyil’,
Manappurath, Vallikkunnam, Thodupuzha.
Courtesy: O.N.Rajagopal, Kerala Kaumudi, September 17, 2002
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