A chanced meeting with Sheela Chamariya resulted in a whole lot of
creative enterprises. I discovered an artist, sculptor, dreamer and
a very fine and sensitive human being. The passion and ingenuity to
mould innate object into vibrant shapes and breathe life into them
is to be seen, to be believed.
Such intense is her passion for her work that it is transmitted to
those around us like a magnate. Her ability to involve people and
to draw best out of them is unique and admirable, her sculpture
workshop at my Sana Art Studio was a stupendous success. Sheela is
an excellent teacher who knows how to interact and share her
knowledge with her students in a manner which is gentle, persuasive
and so effective. I wish her all the best in her creative journey
wherein she has to achieve many milestones.– Salma
Sultan(eminent Tv personality)
‘I had picked up learning sculpture with Sheela almost 10 years
back…but going to her is still vivid in my mind. She has been a
huge inspiration & guide. Sculpting different forms under her
made me create things that brought my feelings & emotions to
‘life’. Sculpting is a very introspective exercise – it’s Sheela
who taught me to believe that! While we worked together I was
always in awe of her wax paintings…now many years later I still can
visualise her work & undoubtedly learning sculpting from her
has been one of the most enriching experiences!’– Ekjyot
Vohra
When I was a kid, I used to build a snowman, thinking I have made a
great sculpture. I thought you had to be brainy to be a
sculptor…The Brilliant thing is, I never thought I could be
creative but since the creative sculpture workshop by Sheela
Chamariya Ji, I see the world in a totally different way. I’m
brimming over with ideas for more sculptures. These workshops allow
students time to look at things differently, they get knowledge of
materials and techniques and the freedom to be as creative as they
want. Thank you so much Sheela ji. I am so grateful for all your
help and patience with all the students. Everyone had a brilliant
time; many were so surprised with how they managed to create such
pieces. It was great, within two days I had made this amazing
sculpted face and I could take it home as my priced possession. .
Thank you Sheelaji! For the Totally amazing experience, I highly
recommend Creative Sculpture classes to everyone who wants to bring
out their unexplored hidden talent.– Rita
Gangwani
I started with Ms. Sheela Chamariya a month back with very little
background in handling clay. Even in this tiny span of time, I have
learnt a lot. Each student in our batch is given complete attention
and focus. The thing I like is that there is a certain process by
how we start this journey in the medium of clay. It gradually moves
from eyes, lips, nose to a complete human figure. It’s a friendly
atmosphere which is filled with her positive outlook to our work.
Being an art student, my creative expression has always been
important for me. The main thing that has attracted me to her
studio is she encourages to think outside the box. I am very
thrilled that she is my mentor in my journey of becoming a
sculptor.– Sharmeen Kaur
Sheela is very dedicated and Passionate about her work. She makes
you work hard and pushes you to perceive things in a more artistic
manner. Even for someone like me without any art background, she
was able to see my distinct quality and made me grow. She is an
amazing artist and a teacher.
– Archana Lohani
Sheela Chamariya is a Great artist as we all know, she was my first
teacher cum friend in the creative field. Sheela helped me to take
out my inner artist, my thinking power and above of all my
confidence in creative art field. It has been now almost 15 years,
I learnt from her.at this point of time I am happy as I am doing
something good for myself in the creative field. Thank you
Sheela for showing me the right path and all the best for your
future.
– Shikha Gupta
I met Sheela about nine years ago when I accidentally stumbled upon
a event ,clay sculpture class in Delhi Times and the 18 year old in
me wanted to learn something I had done never before. For sure I
was in for a surprise when I discovered how much fun working with
clay could be. Clay molding was stress relieving and extremely
rewarding to see my sculptures come together. I made 2 wall arts,
carved a beautiful intricate turtle and even made a figurine that
Sheela thought looked just like me. I still have them at home and
my parents are so proud of my artistic skills… Hehe. But the cherry
on top was Sheela herself. Her robust personality- free like a
bird, careless about the traditional Indian norms and her passion
towards her work was so inspiring that the teenager in me wanted to
be just like her. I am very fortunate to have met her and learn
from her not just about sculpture but also her amazing self. I
continue to get inspired everyday from her free spirited
personality and I wish her all the success in life. Hope we get to
meet up again soon!!– Chandini Jindal –
Architect
