Sreenivasulu with the Golden Temple pen-refill replica using 1500+ pen refills.
MR Sreenivasulu, a miniature artist from Bengaluru, has done to commemorate his 13th year as a miniature artist in 2020. Sreenivasulu needed two years and four months to complete his labour of love. It is part of his attempts to create awareness about plastics and their hazardous effect on the world.
There are other
world-renowned monuments he has brought to life using pen refills too.
He began by
creating a miniature model of the 'Eiffel Tower' using 200-used pen refills in
2007. Ten years later, he brought the Charminar, Big Ben, Taj Mahal, the
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Gateway of India, Seattle Space Needle, Sydney Harbor
Bridge and St Philomena Church, Mysuru, to life using 2500+ pen refills.
Sreenivasulu's
wish is to re-create all the famous landmarks across the world and to use them
as education material for architecture students.
A native of Dharmavaram, Andhra Pradesh, he began making miniature house models using marriage invitation cards at a tender age.
It was his hobby
of collecting used pen refills from friends that would lead him to recreating
the Golden Temple and the other famous monuments.
As part of 'Say No to Plastic' programme, which he organises for awareness on global warming in schools and colleges, he set up pen refill collection boxes. The refills collected in this manner too went into the making of other miniature structures.
He has exhibited his artworks in various prominent events and been featured in various record books too.
Sreenivasulu
will take part in an upcoming international event the Rosanna Orlandi(RO)
Plastic Prize. He is among the finalists across the world for this award. This
award is part of Milan Design Week in Milan, Italy in September-October. He
will be exhibiting miniature artworks in Milan and RO Plastic Prize function
will be happening at the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum, Milan,Italy.
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