Paper-engineering
Sachin George Sabastain has magical fingers. He would touches an old newspaper and turn it into a piece of art. The 27-year-old self-taught paper-artist has mastered this unique artform over six years and has been showcasing across the country. Interestingly, the artists has also connected his work with a cause.
He conducts workshops at colleges and schools to promote the use recycle paper.
“As a child I would create things out of paper, cardboard and old note books. Since I was interested in geometry, paper formed perfect medium to experiment with. I’d make toys like planes, jeeps and buses,” says Sachin, who’s a trained graphic designer. But Sachin’s found his real calling when he picked up a pop up book from a second hand bookstore.
“I was looking for a job then. But I would spend nights creating new things out of old newspapers and books. Finally, I decided against taking up then job and instead created a career out of my obsession,” he smiles.
“I was fascinated by the idea of working with my hands and witness the work in progress, and finally the outcome, I could touch. It gave me a great sense of accomplishment. So, I wasn’t made to sit in front of the computer for hours, doing regular office work,” he says.
Sachin moved to Delhi to devote himself to what he calls ‘paper-engineering’.
“The city has inspired me a lot. It keeps on changing and growing, yet it’s full of greenery. I find beauty in the narrow lanes and millions of knotted and twisted wires in the Old Delhi. I try and evoke the same feeling by just cutting and folding paper,” he says.
Sachin’s works range from huge structures to human figurines and are placed in glass-and-wood cases to keep dust at bay and sell for anything between `50, 000 to `4 lakh.
“While I teach the beginners to work with pages torn out of old notebooks, I have myself moved on to acidfree archival paper. These artworks have a life of over a hundred years without turning yellow or brittle,” he says
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