Moti Karn w/o Satyanarayan Lal Karn
Jyoti Karn(Daughter In Law)
Art Form:
Mithila (Painting)
Contact No:
09891459392
09971007984
09971007983
09971007981
011-23239505
Home Address:
C-85, Sector 52, Noida - 201301
Award:
National Award - 2001, National Merit Certificate (from Delhi Craft Council) - 1999, Vijay Deshmukh Award for Best Woman Karigar from Paramparik Karigar - 2005-06
Mithila is also called Madhubani Painting, practiced in the Mithila
region of Bihar and in the towns of Madhubani and Darbanga.
The painting was traditionally done on freshly plastered mud walls
and floors of huts. It is done with a broomstick and colours extracted from
leaves and flowers.
The main themes are religious (Gods and Goddesses), nature
(birds, animals, forest) and Social (day to day life).
During festivals and celebrations, women decorate their homes by
drawing distinct patterns on the walls, ceilings and floors of their homes.
This region has been exposed to many religious influences, thus
Buddhist and tantric imprints on local motifs are visible. It was in the
sixties, due to natural calamities, that the idea occurred to transpose the
art onto paper, so that the paintings could be taken to other states and
sold to collect Relief funds.
The beauty of Mithila Art lies in its painstaking detail. The painting is
done on handmade paper which has been rubbed with cloth dipped in a
mixture of water and the residue obtained from sieving cow-dung. The
paper is then left to dry which makes it firm as well as free from insects.
The brush used is a cotton-tipped broomstick dipped in colour pastes
obtained from natural sources like the leaves of beans and mango tree,
grass, 'parijat' flowers soaked in water, mehndi mixed with water of cow
dung, skin of pomegranates and oranges. Traditionally the colours were
obtained from flowers which were discarded from temples and pooja
homes. The resin which is collected from the mango, neem or babul tree
is mixed with water and added to the natural extract to make the colours
thick. The resin also makes the colours fast and gives them a shine.
There are different designs for various occasions and festivals, e.g.
birth, marriage, holi, suryashashti, kali puja, durga puja, etc. Apart from
their decorative purpose, they also constitute a form of visual education
from which we learn of our heritage.
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