: Artist Recycles 25 Tonnes of E-Waste into Pieces of Art that Cost Over Rs 20 Lakh #IndiaNEWS Chuckling softly, Mumbai-based e-waste artist Haribaabu Naatesan admits that he didn’t expect the Prince

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Artist Recycles 25 Tonnes of E-Waste into Pieces of Art that Cost Over Rs 20 Lakh #IndiaNEWS
Chuckling softly, Mumbai-based e-waste artist Haribaabu Naatesan admits that he didn’t expect the Prince Charles of Wales, would stop by to discuss his art exhibited on the walls at a meeting of top business leaders of the Indian Sustainable Council held in 2019 in Mumbai. The meeting was attended by corporate giants like Ratan Tata, and Mukesh Amani to name a few.
“The Prince wanted to know each aspect of the art I make from scrap — from how I ideate, where I get the e-waste, how I paint, solder the different parts that are used in the works, who are my clients, how much e-waste is used, etc. I wasn’t expecting that he would be so deeply interested in this art and spend more than half an hour with me,� recalled the artist.
The art that he creates from trash, many a time salvaging it from dump yards, can be sold for a minimum of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 20 lakh and above per creation. And he charges much more for commissioned work. And many organisations, including BIMA (Bombay Iron Merchant Association), Aquatic Museum Science City, Ahmedabad, Budweiser Bengaluru, Tamiz Sahar Azerbaijan, SBI Mumbai, Viacom 18, 9X Network, Kirloskar Pune, etc, along with many real estate giants display his specially commissioned work on their premises. He makes large sculptures the biggest he has made so far is the whale fish measuring 56 feet by 19 feet for the Aquatic Museum and his wall hangings measure from one foot by one foot to six feet by six feet.
Nelumbo, Blue Waters and pink floats by Haribaabu Naatesan
His saga with the throwaways, trash, junk, waste or whatever other labels can be given to discarded material started in his mother’s kitchen in Chennai when he was a mere school-going child. Whatever his mother used to throw away like broken vessels, knives, spoons, TV remotes, gas lighters, etc, would find their way to Naatesan’s study table and the young lad would happily create some art or the other much to the amusement of his parents.
He carried this penchant even when he decided to join NID (National Institute of Design), Ahmedabad for a post-graduation degree in Animation Film Design. For the admission presentation, he exhibited a spider and a crab made from aluminium hangers, balls, etc, collected from scrap and this was highly appreciated. During two years of studies, as he had befriended faculty members of other departments he got to experiment and learn different aspects of making his art.
Today, his studio located in one of the western suburbs of Mumbai resembled a junkyard. “Even my home,� says the artist, “is full of used and discarded pipes, spindles, hooks, wheels, bumpers, fenders, hair clips, motherboards and what not.

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