Miniature Jesus sculpted in the eye of a needle

Micro-artist Ajay Kumar also sculpted a miniature idol of Lord Ganesha in the eye of a needle

Warangal: Anyone, who sees the microscopic sculptures of Mattewada Ajay Kumar, will surely be in an impasse to find an answer to the question whom to appreciate, the piece of art or the artist.

As we remain pondering over the question, a feeling of amazement, caused by the sheer minuteness of the artwork and the sculptors’ adroitness, overwhelms us. And one cannot see what he creates with a naked eye. We need a microscope for the better comprehension of his work. Ajay Kumar, who sculpted a miniature idol of Lord Ganesha commemorating Ganesh Chavithi this August, has come up with yet another minuscule sculpture. Now he intends to venerate Jesus Christ, the Saviour, marking Christmas Eve falling on Sunday.

The artist has sculpted a miniature idol of Jesus on the Cross in the eye of a needle which is commonly used for household needs. The Cross is made of gold. The sculpture measures .95 mm in length and .17 in width.

In the sculpture, one can clearly observe the crown of thorns on Jesus’ head, nails driven through his hands and feet and blood trickled from the lacerations. “It is my way of offering a tribute to Jesus Christ,” Ajay Kumar told The Hans India.

Explaining how he made the sculpture, he said, it took him nearly 14 working hours spanning over a period of five days. And how does he do it, by saying a brief invocation to Lord Ganesha and Jesus Christ, every time he sits on his work table at his workshop at Girmajipet in Warangal city.

To construct the piece of sculpture within the eye of a needle needs tremendous focus, the most precise and steady hands and a calm mind, the micro-artist explained adding ‘Every time I embark on micro-sculpting I make sure I better my earlier work’.

Ajay Kumar’s previous creations, a functional miniature lock and key and a fan made in gold earned him place in Limca Book of Records in 2004 and 2008 editions. Similarly, a functional gold scissors weighing 0.180 milli grams with a length of 11 mm got much appreciation.

After the publication of news stories about his work of miniature idol of Lord Ganesha in August this year, admiration poured in from the art collectors in Chennai and Mumbai, who collects Ganesha idols.

He also carved the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Kakatiya Keerti Toranam, former premier late P V Narasimha Rao and former President late APJ Abdul Kalam on rice grains.

James Edwin