Om Suryaya Namah!

This time I’ve tried to recreate a very popular, traditional and metal-finish sun god. Though the actual ones done by embossing on a metal are far more attractive and authentic, this isn’t bad too! Neil Buchanan of Art Attack had demonstrated this kind of sun and moon crafts using newspapers. I’ve made use of a circular cake board for the base of the face and then stuck cardboard and later made cones out of newspapers for the sun’s rays. To make the surface slightly hard, I’ve made use of Neil’s technique, his paper-mache comprising of pieces of tissue paper stuck down with a mixture of PVA glue (fevicol) and equal parts of water. The final painting with metal finish acrylic colors is what made my Suryabhagwan “metallic” and varnish added to his “tejas” (luster, brilliance..)! :)

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