Design Resource
Tanjore Painting - Tanjore, Tamil Nadu
Tanjore Painting
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Tools and Raw Materials
Following are the tools and raw materials required for Tanjore Painting:
• Chalk Powder and Tamarind Seed Powder (Molding Paste): It is used to make relief work on canvas.
• Paints: It is used to paint the figure according to the design.
• Water: It is used for mixing purpose.
• Squeeze Bottle: It is used to Squeeze out the molding paste over the the design elements.
• Brushes: These are used for painting
• Cotton Fabric: It is used as a layer on plywood
• Stencil (Elephant or Peacock)
• Gems/Semi Precious Stones or Kundan: It is used for decoration purpose.
• Pencils: It is used for marking
• Jack Fruit Wood: Traditionally, wood of the jack fruit tree is used as it does not rots easily and the
• Polishing Stone and Emery Sheet: For smoothening the coated board in preparation for tracing the image
• Gum: Gum from a root used for sticking cloth to the wooden base.
• Gold / Silver Foil: A thin film of flattened gold. Made by artisans in the past by beating an 18 gold bit by placing it on an animal skin. In the 1930s and 40s it was imported from China.
• Teak Wood: It is used for frame
• Glass: It is used while framing the Tanjore painting to frame.
