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Coconut Shell Painting - Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Artistic Skill of the Orissa

Tools and Raw Materials

Following are the tools and raw materials required for coconut shell painting:

• Coconut Shell: The painting is done upon the coconut shell.

• Brushes: Different sizes of brushes are used as per the design to be painted.

• Color: Acrylic colors are used in coconut shell painting.

• Synthetic Adhesive: White adhesive used to make a paste and to join the halved coconut shell.

• Cloth: It Is used to wrap over the jointed portion of the coconut shell to avoid breakage. Mud color cotton cloth is used.

• Tamarind Seed Powder: It is used as a sticking agent for paste preparation.

• Paste: A mixture of white adhesive and tamarind seed powder, small amount of water is used to make a paste.

• 3D Cone Outliner: Its Used for the ornamentation of the paintings.

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Coconut Shell Painting - Bhubaneshwar, Orissa