点评:We had the most wonderful time with Vela in early June. We (myself, husband, my mother and kids age 8 and 10) all took a carving class at Vela’s workshop in Mahabalipuram. He was the most patient instructor, working with each of us to choose a project and explaining each step. My kids had the best time learning from him, and all of us were so happy with our final product— though I must say he helped quite a bit to make it look good—carving is hard work!
Vela is extremely kind and a very talented carver himself. I was happy to find some unusual carvings in his shop, with a much higher level of detail than is seen in typical stone shops. He is highly trained as an artist, having been to arts college and trained in stone carving. In addition, his English is very good as well and it was very easy to coordinate our class via WhatsApp.
I highly recommend taking a class and visiting his shop, it was my kids’ favorite activity in south India.
翻译:六月初,我们和 Vela 度过了一段最美好的时光。我们(我、丈夫、母亲和 8 岁和 10 岁的孩子)都在马哈巴利普拉姆的 Vela 工作室上了一堂雕刻课。他是最有耐心的老师,和我们每个人一起选择一个项目,并解释每个步骤。我的孩子们从他那里学到了很多东西,我们都对最终的产品非常满意——尽管我必须说,他帮了不少忙,让产品看起来不错——雕刻是一项艰苦的工作!
Vela 非常善良,他自己也是一位非常有才华的雕刻家。我很高兴在他的店里找到了一些不寻常的雕刻品,这些雕刻品的细节水平比典型的石材店要高得多。他是一名训练有素的艺术家,曾上过艺术学院,接受过石雕培训。此外,他的英语也很好,通过 WhatsApp 安排我们的课程非常容易。
我强烈推荐上课和参观他的商店,这是我的孩子们在南印度最喜欢的活动。