Public Sphere Sculptures

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue - Badlapur, Maharashtra

Public Tender Commission · Sculptural Direction · Studio Collaboration

A large-scale public sculpture commissioned for a civic site in Badlapur.

The work required coordination with municipal authorities, architects, structural engineers, and studio teams through all stages - concept translation, modelling, casting, fabrication, installation, and final site execution.

My role included overseeing workflows, guiding sculptural accuracy, ensuring material integrity, planning logistics, and managing communications with government bodies and collaborators. The project reflects how public monuments operate not only as visual forms but also as civic anchors within the social fabric of a place.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - Clay Sculpture & Digital Modelling

Studio Production · Figurative Sculpture · Public Realm Preparation

A detailed clay sculpture of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar developed through traditional hand-modelling methods and digital processes such as 3D scanning and scaling.

This project integrates classical sculptural rigour with contemporary production workflows, highlighting the importance of precision, proportion, and cultural responsibility when working with public icons.

The sculpture was prepared for large-scale execution and public placement, requiring attention to surface detail, likeness, and material translation from clay to final durable form.

My work in the public domain comes from a long engagement with material practice, civic infrastructures, and the lived negotiations of public space. These projects involve close collaboration with government bodies, architects, structural engineers, studio teams and local communities. Working in the public sphere requires a sensitivity to scale, site conditions, cultural memory and the ways people encounter objects in shared environments.

The works seen here represent professional commissions, government tender-based civic sculptures, and large-scale projects executed as part of my role as Head of Operations at Karaha Studio - an art gallery and professional sculpture studio. Across these projects, I contributed through sculptural design, modelling, prototyping, project management, material decisions, and coordinating execution on site. The public domain, in this sense, becomes both medium and method: a space where bodies, structures, institutions, and community life meet.

Beyond sculptural production, I led the studio’s operational and spatial strategy for public commissions and B2B art projects. This included:

• developing project pipelines for civic sculptures

• coordinating with government departments, architects, and structural engineers

• managing budgets, procurement, and fabrication logistics

• overseeing site-specific installations and safety requirements

• mentoring team members through large-scale production processes

These experiences formed an important part of how I understand public space: not only as a site of display, but as a complex ecosystem of labour, coordination, negotiation, and shared accountability.