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Here rests the Bay Island Driftwood Museum at

Kumarakom

Kerala

, the only one of it's

kind

in the

country, having a unique synergy between natures art and extensive

persuasive

imagination, that

brings to you the beautiful sculptures of the passionate sea;

unsaid, unseen;

touching your

perception

in it's own sole way.

The collections in the museum are from the serene beaches of the Islands, situated in Bay of

Bengal.

These islands are know as Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Bay Islands and hence the

name Bay

Island

Driftwood Museum.

This museum, that displays, a unique collection of superior quality driftwood articles of very high

artistic

value, prepared through a rare and innovative modern art form, is functioning at

Kumarakom

, a

picturesque

village in Kottayam district of

Kerala

, the South Western state of India,

which is one of the

most remarkable

tourist spots in the country with it's enchanting scenic beauty

of back waters. A visitor

would find here a

collection of root sculptures of various shapes and

designs. They represent the

collection of art works by

Mrs. Raji Punnoose, a retired teacher.

During her professional tenure in the tiny green islands of Bay of Bengal, she used to pick up

pieces of

driftwood deposited by the sea in the shores, comprising twisted tree trunks, stumps,

roots, twigs etc,

which had potential transformation to sculptures with marginal efforts. Every

cyclone brought back many

things to the shore as it washes away from it. Some of these wood

pieces and roots were centuries

old,

and having drifted across the seas they became more resilient.

Having traversed vast distances,

what is

left of a tree is its sturdiest part which has weathered

much inclemency. The picked up pieces

were

cleansed, dead parts removed, scraped and trimmed

to conform to the shape she had in mind. In

the

course of the process, it so happened, the Nature's

original designs could come out more

forcefully,

evocatively and permanently. Many of these

pieces resemble birds, animals, reptiles,

amphibians and

fishes. Shaping, scraping, seasoning,

polishing, finishing and preserving are done

with fierce dedication.

The admirers and connoisseurs

of this rare and innovative form of art frequent

the Bay Island Driftwood

Museum. The student

community finds the art form adopted in the preparation

of the exhibits in the

museum interesting

and educative as the museum inculcates in them the

qualities of imagination,

creativity, originality

and initiation to produce useful articles out of materials

normally considered waste

" An excellent collection of
Nature's pieces of art ,
sophisticated by the trends of an
artist. A unique art which is to be
encouraged."
- A.Ajit Kumar,
District Collector,
Kottayam

" This is simply breathtaking,
artistic , imaginative and ethereal.
Mrs Raji Punnose is vibrant ,
emotionally moving and with a
genuvine creativity gifted by
Almighty. Every tourist to this
beautiful country must visit this
museum - which if you do not
enjoy , you have missed something
in life."
- Dr Uma Vyas,
European Commission, India

Bay Island Driftwood Museum

A Unique Collection of twisted stumps of Driftwood

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