Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 21 (ANI): A Pune-based mechanical engineer-turned-agriculturist Shrikant Ingalhalikar has created an 80-feet-long ‘Black Eagle’ on his farm utilizing the Japanese craft of Tambo Ato, during which the fields are used as a canvas whereas paddy varieties are used as color.
Ingalhalikar (72) is kind of well-liked for his work on the natural world in Sahyadri. He created the paddy artwork work on his farm close to Pune metropolis at Gohre Budruk village at Sinhagad street.
Over the final seven years, Ingalhalikar began creating paddy artwork in his subject. Tambo Ato is an artwork during which the farmer-artist creates mammoth photos of their alternative by planting totally different colored rice varieties in fields.
Ingalhalikar has been creating photos utilizing the Japanese Paddy Art on the ‘pure canvas’ since 2016. Till now, he has created photos of Lord Ganesh, Black Panther, Emerald Dove, Pit Viper, Gaur and Leafbird.
Talking in regards to the artwork, Ingalhalikar stated, “it was a challenging task to plant paddy while standing in rain in knee-deep mud in the fields single-handedly.”He added, “My objective is to encourage people living in rural areas to take up the farming of different crops in traditional way of farming. My efforts are to preserve this art in India too “Paddy artwork originated within the small city of Inakadate village in Aamori in south Japan. Rice plantations are finished within the areas with out utilizing any machines. The farmers determined to rejoice 2000 years of rice cultivation. Paddy Art also called Tambo Art, grew to become well-liked in Japan in 1993. (ANI)