The 76-year-old “chalksture creator” has now honed his craft to sculpt on everything from lead pencils, to clay and wood. “I have made my own sculpting tools... my background in automobile engineering helped,” he smiles. A high-point in Bharucha’s artistic career was when he won the second prize at the international ACG Art In A Capsule competition in 2019, for his lead art, which won him US $3,000.

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His lead pencil creations (Rs 7,500 per sculpture) continue to be most in demand. “It’s easier to work on a thicker lead—I prefer the one measuring 5.6 mm in thickness.” Bharucha can make everything from faces of people to tiny figurines on lead. “My Ganesha and Mahatma Gandhi micro sculptures are a hit among most of my customers,” he adds. A practiced hand at sculpting, he takes a couple of days to complete his orders. It can be a perfect gift for a collector of curios, or a souvenir for keeps.

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