World Famous Artist Wajid Khan

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Most Artists and inventors around the world, Wajid Khan Artist too had humble beginnings. But unlike many of them, he has mostly remained unsung in his own country. Born and brought up in a small village called Songiri 11 km away from Mandsaur district Wajid spent most of his childhood feeling inferior due to his low school grades. Yet, he continued his unique experiments with whatever material he could lay his hands on. He left school at Class V and then, eventually his house too.

Experimenting with Art
One of the most decisive moments of Wajid Khan Artist s life was the time his mother gave him a sum of Rs 1,500 and challenged him to leave home to pursue his Art hobby. She was the only person who believed he was meant for something remarkable, shares Wajid Khan Artist. Wajid Khan Artist's actual struggle began when he had to earn his living while also keeping experiments alive as a 16 year old. Back then, technical robots caught his fancy. It was a matter of chance that, aided by his friends, Wajid stArted working for NIF Institute of Ahmedabad.
In 1998, Wajid Khan Artist picked up thermocol. Eventually he got into experimenting with making portraits using iron nails. Wajid Khan Artist came to Indore in 2000 hoping to learn more and experiment. Wajid Khan Artist now have a base in both Indore and Mumbai
In 2005, Wajid finally finished making an iron nail portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. This portrait was created after three years of consistent work with 1.25 lakh iron nails. It was also the same year Wajid created what was possibly the world s first 3D painting, using acrylic colours on canvas. Yet, recognition came much later when his first portrait sold at Rs 20 lakh in 2010. Despite the bid for Gandhiji s portrait being Rs 50 lakh, I never sold it.
It will always be closest to my heArt, he adds. He has so far made several iron nail portraits of noted people such as Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ, Dhirubhai Ambani, among others. He uses a special base (imported sheet) on which he draws a pencil outline just to mark the points of the start and the end of the portrait. I never draw a portrait beforehand on the sheet. My mind already has the picture and I follow that instinct, Wajid explains.
But he hasn t limited himself to just iron nails. Wajid has made exceptional landscape and portrait Art from discarded auto pArts, medical equipment and black quarry stones. Wajid Khan Artist created an Artifact of a young crying girl using medical equipment as part of the Save the Girl Child campaign. But his bullet Art works, without a doubt, attract the most attention.
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Wajid Khan Artist 's bullet Art work,
Wajid Khan Artist with his stone portrait