Painting and sculpting are parts of art and designing but making portraits from bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and black cloth was a unique and quite different idea. Syed Abid Shah, a local artist, is master of making pictures by using bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and black cloth, at his home in Achar Kale Kohat Road. He has learned the unique artwork from his uncle and has been making portraits for the last 50 years. According to him the artwork has a history of more than 200 years and there were four artists all over the country who were adept in making this kind of picture, adding that four artists who worked in the same medium had died and now he was the only one left in this field of art. (Please match the picture with story slugged Master of making picture from straw of wheat plant seeks patronage already been released)
APP40-290621PESHAWAR: June 29 - Painting and sculpting are parts of art and designing but making portraits from bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and black cloth was a unique and quite different idea. Syed Abid Shah, a local artist, is master of making pictures by using bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and… Continue reading Painting and sculpting are parts of art and designing but making portraits from bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and black cloth was a unique and quite different idea. Syed Abid Shah, a local artist, is master of making pictures by using bark and straw of wheat plant, plywood and black cloth, at his home in Achar Kale Kohat Road. He has learned the unique artwork from his uncle and has been making portraits for the last 50 years. According to him the artwork has a history of more than 200 years and there were four artists all over the country who were adept in making this kind of picture, adding that four artists who worked in the same medium had died and now he was the only one left in this field of art. (Please match the picture with story slugged Master of making picture from straw of wheat plant seeks patronage already been released)
