Capturing innumerable eyeballs at the ongoing 32nd Dastakari Haat Craft Bazaar at Dilli Haat, INA, is the figure of a lean man, made entirely of silver and black wires, bearing much resemblance to the alien-like figures in James Cameron’s Avatar with his hip length hair appearing as if it were blowing in the wind.

 

Resting beside this is a galloping horse by Israeli sculptor Nihad Dabeet, for whom wires is a preferred material, owing to its quality of being flexible and hard at the same time. He along with Mohammad Rafeeq from Delhi, whose tiny palm-sized sculptures of rickshaws, cycles and bikes, made using colourful wires are also on display, will together sculpt an olive branch, a symbol of peace. Their collaboration is a part of the coming together of artists from India and Israel at the current edition to showcase their cultural legacy.