Brown (from burnt clay)

Subject

Colours

Description

A piece of burnt clay is pounded and ground to a fine powder on the shil nora (traditional grinding stones). This powder is then mixed with natural glue made from wood-apples (bel-er atha) and stored in hollowed out coconut shells.

Creator

Chitrakar, Khaleda
Chitrakar, Lutfa
Chitrakar, Rehana

Publisher

University of Exeter

Date

2019-11-10

Contributor

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

Rights

CC-BY-NC

Format

Video

Type

Colour making

Duration

60 min

Event Type

Colour making