Tools and Raw Materials

Design Resource

Saura Painting - Raghurajpur, Orissa

Mural Painting Art

Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Aakash Sharma

Tools and Raw Materials

These paintings are conspicuous for their elegance, charm, aesthetic and ritualistic association. In fact these signs are their literature and viewpoint. The clear meaning becomes ostensible when the ministers or the picture men interpret.

Following are the tools and raw materials used for the process of saura painting:

• Gondh: Glue which is extracted by the tree.

• Hammer: A metal object controlled on a wooden handle used to hammer a nail.

• Beading Wood: Half an inch long straps of wood used for boarders.

• Nail: A metal object used to join beading wood on a plywood.

• Plywood: Layer of multiple wood stuck together which is used for painting.

• Seashell Powder: Finley crushed seashell powder.

• Fevicol: A glue used to develop the paint used for painting.

• Butter Paper: It is used to make a cone which holds the paint.

• Scissors: It is used to cut the butter paper cone.

• Pencil: A stationary used to draw in the board.

• Scale: A stationary used to measure the area of frame.

• Compass: A stationary used to draw circular images.