Bay Island Driftwood Museum
A
display of unique large collection of superior quality driftwood articles of
very high artistic value, prepared through a rare and innovative modern art-form
Visiting Hours
Weekday: 10.00am to 01.00pm, 1.30pm to 6.00pm
Sunday: 12.30pm to 6.00pm
Monday: Holiday
Entrance by Pass
A Museum to display a unique collection of superior quality driftwood articles
of very high artistic value, prepared through a rate and innovative modern art
form, is functioning at the scenic village of Kumarakom. A Visitor would find
there a huge collection of root sculptures of various shapes and designs.
During her professional tenure in the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago, a dynamic
lady school teacher used to pick up pieces of driftwood deposited by the sea
in the shores, comprising twisted tree trunks, stumps, roots etc. which had
potential for transformation to sculptures with marginal efforts, thanks to
the Bay of Bengal prune to frequent cyclones that make the sea turbulent and
unpredictable. Every cyclone brought back many things to the shore as it washes
away from it. Some of these wood pieces and roots were centuries old, and having
drifted across the seas they became more resilient. Having traversed vast distances,
what is left of a tree is its sturdiest part which has weathered much inclemency.
The picked up pieces were cleansed, dead parts removed, scraped and trimmed
to conform to the shape she had in mind. In the course of the process, it so
happened, the Nature?s original designs could come out more forcefully, evocatively
and permanently. Many of these pieces closely resemble birds, animals, reptiles,
amphibians and fishes. Shaping, scraping, polishing, finishing and preserving
are done with fierce dedication.
The admirers and connoisseurs of this rare and innovative form of art frequent
the Bay Island Driftwood Museum. The student community finds the art form adopted
in the preparation of the exhibits in the museum interesting and educative as
the museum inculcates in them the qualities of imagination, creativity, originality
and initiation to produce useful articles out of materials normally considered
waste.
Museums in Kerala
Maritime Museum
|| Ambalavayal Heritage
Museum || Indo-Portuguese
Museum || Archaeological Museum
|| Tea Museum, Munnar || Napier
Museum & Art Gallery || Bay
Island Driftwood Museum || Sree
Chithra Art Gallery || Teak Museum,
Nilambur || Kuthiramalika Palace
Museum
