The State authorities’s choice to ban plastic flex banners from November 1 could have despatched the producers of publicity materials right into a tizzy, however has come as a nice shock for fabric banner makers who’ve till now been ruing their destiny with no takers for his or her wares.

Artists making fabric banners was once in demand until twenty years in the past, getting ready banners for upcoming movies and for election conferences, recall painters. All that modified with the appearance of digital flex banners, which swiftly changed the material banners. Now, solely a miniscule variety of artists proceed to provide fabric banners, with most of them having migrated to greener pastures.

Artists and painters in Prakasam district at the moment are hopeful of higher days forward. ‘‘Many people have eschewed paintings and have settled for menial jobs after the proliferation of plastic flex printing models,” mentioned Okay. Suresh Babu of the Andhra Pradesh Artists and Painters Affiliation.

Thanking Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for taking the daring choice to ban plastic flexis underneath the Surroundings (Safety) Act, Mr. Suresh Babu mentioned, ‘‘Now, we see our previous glory returning to the material banner sector.”

“We use environmentally pleasant colors to design the banners,’‘ mentioned E. Venu Babu, an artist working with a number of others to breathe life into a horny fabric banner on the busy Krishna Theatre centre. “We learnt the artwork work over a time period working underneath senior artists. We cost ₹200 per metre, relying on the message to be written on the banner,” mentioned one other artist Srinivasa Rao of Sindhu Arts.

The YSR Nadu Nedu scheme has additionally come as a lift to the artists who’ve been engaged in giving a facelift to varsities by portray the images of nationwide leaders on the partitions, with many employees affirming that they have been now receiving extra work after a very long time.