WOMEN IN TRIBAL ART: designing the path to change! FOCUS ON: Moyna Chitrkar
excerpted from the Deccan Herald:
"Moyna Chitrakar is a patua artist, who specialises in the scroll painting of Bengal. Her story reflects how women have been empowered through art. Moyna and her husband would earn about Rs 1,000 a month, six years ago. Today, her family earns many times over.
She has travelled with her paintings and other products to different parts of India, attending fairs and festivals. She even went to Shenzhen to attend an industrial fair. She has now constructed a two story house in her village for tourists.
(abteove) MOYNA CHITRAKER is a Patua artist from West Bengal, India --she is able to make a living creating with her 1000 year old artform
A confident Moyna says, “We can now concentrate on our work and not worry about our next meal.” TO READ the complete article:click herew
MORE ABOUT:PATUA: what materials are used
Patas can be made on three different types of papers-handmade paper, art paper and brown paper-obtained from the city.
The paints are obtained from organic sources like fruits and vegetables. The colour blue is extracted from the ‘aparajita’ flower, yellow from turmeric paste, green from ‘sheem’ leaves, black from ‘kohl’, white from ‘kusum mati’, and red from ‘jafran’.
Raw ‘bel’ syrup as the medium for a unique shade. A strong support for the patas is made by pasting starched old cloth behind the papers. It takes about a month to complete one big pata.TO SEE THE COMPLETE ARTICLE go to: here
WEB RESOURCE and links to Patua Artist: Moyna Chitraker:
Womensweb.in: Interview with Chitraker: read more here
Moyna Chitraker on FACEBOOK:see
In-depth question and answer about her personal life: see more here
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excerpted from the Deccan Herald:
"Moyna Chitrakar is a patua artist, who specialises in the scroll painting of Bengal. Her story reflects how women have been empowered through art. Moyna and her husband would earn about Rs 1,000 a month, six years ago. Today, her family earns many times over.
She has travelled with her paintings and other products to different parts of India, attending fairs and festivals. She even went to Shenzhen to attend an industrial fair. She has now constructed a two story house in her village for tourists.
(abteove) MOYNA CHITRAKER is a Patua artist from West Bengal, India --she is able to make a living creating with her 1000 year old artform
A confident Moyna says, “We can now concentrate on our work and not worry about our next meal.” TO READ the complete article:click herew
MORE ABOUT:PATUA: what materials are used
Patas can be made on three different types of papers-handmade paper, art paper and brown paper-obtained from the city.
The paints are obtained from organic sources like fruits and vegetables. The colour blue is extracted from the ‘aparajita’ flower, yellow from turmeric paste, green from ‘sheem’ leaves, black from ‘kohl’, white from ‘kusum mati’, and red from ‘jafran’.
Raw ‘bel’ syrup as the medium for a unique shade. A strong support for the patas is made by pasting starched old cloth behind the papers. It takes about a month to complete one big pata.TO SEE THE COMPLETE ARTICLE go to: here
WEB RESOURCE and links to Patua Artist: Moyna Chitraker:
Womensweb.in: Interview with Chitraker: read more here
Moyna Chitraker on FACEBOOK:see
In-depth question and answer about her personal life: see more here
men
Follow Womenintribalart.org www.twitter.com/tribalartwomen
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