Orange (from marigold)

Subject

Colours

Description

Freshly plucked Marigold flowers are torn by hand and ground to a paste on a mortar and pestle. The paste is then mixed with natural glue made from Wood-Apples, and strained through a cotton cloth. The final product is placed on hollowed out coconut shells.

Creator

Chitrakar, Khaleda
Chitrakar, Lutfa
Chitrakar, Rehana

Publisher

University of Exeter

Date

2019-11-10

Contributor

Dutta, Shrutakirti
Halder, Bhagirath
Holding, Richard
Mondal, Sujit
Mukherjee, Ayesha

Rights

CC BY-NC

Format

Photo
Video

Type

Colour making

Duration

30 min

Event Type

Paint making