Chennai students design 60 feet high Independence Day card
A group of students of the Chennai-based Design and Media Studies Institute have designed a greeting card that almost equals the height of a six-storey building!
The 60-foot-long greeting card has been designed to mark the 60th year of India’s independence from British colonial rule.
Eight students of the Design and Media Studies, Wigan and Leigh College (WLC) took just 45 minutes to design the card with the objective of entering the Limca Book of World Records.
The group used a vinyl sheet, 60 feet in length by three feet in breadth, to design the card using the marble art technique. Following the technique, colours were spread on a pool of water and blow-dried. The sheet was then dipped in the pool so that the colour sticks to its surface.
Ponnu George, one of the eight students, said: “We have done an art called ‘marble art’. My job was to handle the paint. We only did that. I am very happy to be a part of this program.”
The greeting card reads “60 years of Freedom”, and carries the colours of the tricolour, namely saffron, white and green.
Immanuel Robinson, Head of Design And Media Studies, Wigan And Leigh College (WLC), said: “We basically felt that today’s youngsters enjoy their freedom but they don’t enjoy the spirit of freedom. So, we endeavoured to instil such a nationalist feeling by making it a record-making event.”
India will commemorate its 61st Independence Day on Wednesday (August 15). Source:Dailyindia
nice me 2 gonna join