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Ajay Kumar Mattewada, born in Warangal City, Telangana, INDIA on 7th December, 1973 into a family of goldsmiths to freedom fighter Mattewada Venkata Charyulu and Hymavathi. He learned the jewelry work and micro arts since 14 years of age from his father. He has been practicing this micro art since 1988 and in the early days, he has created portraits of public figures on a grain of rice and later on match sticks, ivory, gold among others. He has earned acclaim both at the national and international levels for his expertise in the field of micro sculptures.

Life and work
He got inspired by micro sculptures made in the eye of needle by renowned micro sculptor Mr. Willard Wigan of London through the internet and tried to imitate him and learn micro sculptures in the eye of the needle from him.

He has tried to create his own implements and materials. “It takes hours to create a micro sculpture and he could only work for two hours at a stretch before taking a break as the eyes strain so much. The work demands holding of breath at times as finer details cannot be achieved even with a small disturbance. The works demand absolute attention and one has to forget the surroundings.” The tools he uses to create such miniature sculptures are are so delicate that if you blow air, they will bend.

He has achieved such dexterity that his art could only be seen through a microscope and he happily claim that he is one of the people in the world to create such miniature sculptures.

The dignitaries who have seen and admired his micro artwork are P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India in 1994, Attal Bihar Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India in the year 2003 , Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India in the year 2019 , and also several former Chief Minister's of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

World and National Records

 * Limca Book of Records - World Record (2003) for Smallest Lock & Key - Mattewada Ajay Kumar made a seven-lever 20-carat gold lock weighing 1.54 gm in 30 hours. It is 11.2 mm long with a key to match.
 * Limca Book of Records - Indian Record (2009) for Smallest Gold Violin - Mattewada Ajay Kumar made created a 20 mm (0.79 in) long miniature functioning gold violin, weighing 0.74 mg. in 12 hours.
 * Limca Book of Records - National Record for Smallest Fan - Mattewada Ajay Kumar made a miniature working model of a fan using 6.5 gm of 20-carat gold. The 3.2 cm long fan worked on a 1.5 volt battery.
 * Limca Book of Records - Indian Record (2015) for Smallest Scissors - Mattewada Ajay Kumar created a miniature working pair of gold scissors in 3 hrs. It is 11 mm (0.43 in) long and weighs 0.18 mg.