But, then they asked for the paper I had discarded. If one organ is lacking, she/he is treated differently and that person follows a different metaphor for communication. “The physical form of the script that can be read only by the blind provides an unknown visual mystery to the viewer. “The camp in Tihar Jail intends to soothe the minds of inmates. Also, I try to make art for the visually impaired people through Braille,” she says . They said, ‘Vijaya, for you, it may be waste paper because you see colours and lines on it. Chhattisgarh-based Vijaya Chauhan found her creative glint back in 2008 in two of her visually-impaired roommates. They speak words, colours and sentences. I was surprised and asked why they needed waste paper.That was a trigger for her. Each and every part of the sculpture has its own identity. For us, it is plain paper’,” Vijaya recalls. Vijaya makes Braille imprints on various mediums like terracotta, ceramic, wood, metal and stone.
Braille sculpture in stoneThrough her Braille works, Vijaya intends to create a Office Paper Cutter dialogue with the spectator. Braille text has been her theme for the ongoing camp in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. I use terracotta medium to have a natural, raw and earthy impression on the dialogues I wish to deliver,” she adds.Turning Braille into art For artists, their surroundings are the muse. Her first work — a sculpture made of wood and painted iron resembled a paper printer. It has been her subject since 2008. I use such unusual elements of expression, used by disabled people to learn and communicate, in my works,” says Vijaya, whose mind got stuck in the Braille text. “I was doing my art course at Indira Kala Sangit University in Khairagarh when I met two wonderful people. The spark can come from a situation, dialogue or person. Their answer was an eye-opener for me. “Assembling words in terracotta follows a specific pattern. The names of the inmates are carved in Braille format on the terracotta paper,” says Vijaya. | ELIZABETH THOMAS Braille text is Vijaya Chauhan’s forte in art. But, we don’t see that. They all are combined to form an ‘essay’ that is hanging on the wall. In the room, they used to ask me for paper to make notes and I gave them fresh sheets. A human with all five senses is called a perfect creature. Terracotta Braille sculpture done during Tihar camp. I was their scribe during examinations. Here, I have made a terracotta sculpture that looks like papers stacked on a rod. “They would arrange the paper and emboss Braille letters on them
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