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DriftwoodCreations
As the name itself suggests
"driftwood" are pieces of wood - deserved part of roots of trunks of trees - which
drift down the zig-zagging courses of streams and rivulets hidden thick in tropical jungles.
These pieces of wood often take on very interesting sculptural shapes and forms due to the action on them of the rushing water, the sun, the wind etc.
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These wonderful shapes in wood , after being given a little finish, may resemble
human or
animal
figures in various postures, or the totems and icons of tribal people living in forests. Sometimes the shapes are very complicated and may be seen as a visual representation of our inner complex states of being; or the ungraspable knots of feelings and emotions which lie embedded in the deep reaches of the human psyche.
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The collector of these exhibits sees in many of them, a reflection of the simple ways of the people he lived amongst in the remote forests of the North-East; and almost every individual piece here retains for him, the indelible memory of that rich experience. Be that as it may, like other works of art, these exhibits may also mean different things to different people and therefore no captions have been provided. |
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However, not all the pieces here are driftwood. Some among them are parasitic
which grow entwined round the tall trunks of other trees. These have to be very carefully separated from the host tree - a job demanding much care as well as labour. The Mizo people even perform an elaborate ritual before cutting out such climbers, and they believe that keeping such decorative wood (which they call sing gophel or wooden bow) in one's home brings good luck only if the appropriate rites have been performed.
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One very important aspect of all such natural objects d'art is that Nature never respects itself, so that each exhibit here is the only one of its kind you will ever encounter. This is yet another reason why these exhibits are utterly invaluable. A telefilm featuring all the pieces of this collection has been shot and nationally telecast several times.
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Driftwood in Human Wooden Shapes resembling Human Figures falls under the category. After some finishing work done, its difficult to identify whether its a human being or a human being in the form of Driftwood.
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Driftwood in Animal The Wooden Shapes resembling Animal Figures in different postures falls under this category. After a little finish, again the identification between the real and Driftwood is difficult.
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Parasitic Parasitic grow entwined round the tall trunks of other trees. These have to be very carefully separated from the host tree - a job demanding much care as well as lobour.
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