Design Resource
Jewellery Box Painting - Agra
The craftsmen of Agra
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Tools and Raw Materials
Below listed are some of the tools and raw materials used for Jewellry box painting.
• Paint Brush:
Generally used for cleaning, painting for finishing of surface, it is used to apply ink or paint.
• Sunehri Colors (Golden color):
Golden color it is used to give the golden finish in the motif.
• Water Colors/ Poster Colors:
It is used to color the surface of marble as per the motifs.
• Chalk Powder/ White Cement:
It is applied on the surface of marble to get the embossed effect of the design.
• Adhesive (Cyanoacrylic):
It is used to fix the pieces of marble together firmly.
• Turpentine:
It is used as a solvent to be mixed with golden color (sunehri) for fine painting.
• Smooth Surface Marble:
It is filed to obtain the smooth surface generally used for painting.
• Varnish:
It is applied on the surface of marble after painting to give a smooth finish.
