Gallery
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In the studio, and the pieces that come out of it.
In the studio
Ahmedabad
Neelu Patel at home in Ahmedabad
With her mother, her constant support at every exhibition
Shaping a dog head in clay
With her paper mache replica of the Sidi Saiyyed jali
Neelu Patel
Conducting a workshop at NIFT Gandhinagar
Shrinathji masks in paper mache
A head figure in paper mache
A pair of paper mache horses
The 16‑foot pot
Largest paper‑stick pot · 2015
The 16‑foot paper‑stick pot, built from 5,950 rolled newspapers
Working on the pot by night
The finished pot, lit from inside
On the walls
Exhibition views
The jali replica on show, with the hall beyond
Geometric works in rolled newspaper
Circle series on the gallery wall
Large-format paper collage pieces
Woven newspaper panels
Paper collage works and small sculptures
Sculpture in the gallery
Jali, platters and the white horse on plinths
A corner of the show
Visitors at an exhibition of her paper‑roll paintings
Stone camp
Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy · 2022–23
Carving a face in stone
The stone face, in profile
With a fellow artist beside the finished piece
Participants of the Lalit Kala Academy stone camp
From newspaper to object
How a paper mache piece is made
Newspaper shredded into small pieces
Soaked in water for around 20 days
Drained and mixed with fuller’s earth and natural gum into pulp
Pressed into a basic form
Details carved in with fine tools
Dried, then hand‑painted
For paper‑roll work, sheets are rolled into sticks
The rolls are then woven into shape
Brushes, paints and the studio stool
See the full collection
490 pieces across masks, mud art, paper collage and paintings, drawings, sculpture, paper mache and paper jewellery.