Craft & Tradition · Gujarat
Rogan art
Painting on cloth with a thick, brightly coloured paste made from castor oil, kept alive in Nirona village, Kutch.
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Where Rogan art comes from
Rogan painting is practised today by a single family lineage in Nirona, Kutch, which has kept the craft alive.
How it's practiced
Castor oil is boiled into a thick paste and mixed with pigment; the artist draws it out into a fine thread with a metal stylus and lays it on cloth, often folding the cloth to print a mirror image.
Painting on cloth with a thick, brightly coloured paste made from castor oil, kept alive in Nirona village, Kutch.
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