Eggshellacked

Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays his miniature artworks and collection of carved duck eggshells that includes shellcarved portraits of US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Harwinder, who is a dentist, it takes him anything between one and three hours to carve an egg. Harwinder has also created miniatures inspired by events like 26/11, the World Cup and World AIDS Day, the idea of which he says is to generate public awareness

Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays his miniature artworks and collection of carved duck eggshells that includes shellcarved portraits of US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Harwinder, who is a dentist, it takes him anything between one and three hours to carve an egg. Harwinder has also created miniatures inspired by events like 26/11, the World Cup and World AIDS Day, the idea of which he says is to generate public awareness

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Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist with a lens that captures the 'moment' in its minutest detail. With over a decade in photojournalism, he is currently Deputy Photo Editor at Open Magazine

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