Bhopal

School student makes sculpture from scrap

Staff Reporter

A student of Eastern Public School, Bhopal, Huzaifa Zafar, has made a unique sculpture with nothing but scraps. Zafar has made a huge horse with the help scraps such as bolts, keys and ply.

Zafar has made the ‘Horse of Metallic Innovation (HOMI)’ which is a unique thing in the modern art sculpture.

While talking to the media persons here on Monday, Zafar, a class 10 student said that garbage or waste is actually usable and using it beautifully makes it a piece of art. The metallic waste which is unrecyclable could be used in making sculptures or any other thing. Around 40 kg of scraps have been used in making the sculpture of the running horse. It took 4 months time and hard work to transform the metallic waste in this beautiful sculpture.

Zafar further told that this sculpture would aware the people that waste materials could also be used especially garbage can also be a piece of art. He has used hair bands, plastic, aluminum waste and other useless things. He has displayed this sculpture in his school during the science exhibition and got appreciation for this.

He says, “I have got the idea and the inspiration to make this sculpture after seeing a lot of garbage in the city especially metallic waste.

This is a crucial time in order to save our environment. My sculpture would encourage the youngsters to innovate new ideas to save the environment and to recycle the hazardous metallic waste.”