Odisha CHSE +2 Vocational Traditional Art and Craft flashcards

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Pattachitra

Traditional Odishan cloth painting from Puri and Raghurajpur, made on tamarind-and-chalk-coated cotton with natural mineral pigments, showing frontal faces and decorative borders.

Hingula

The traditional red pigment used in Pattachitra, derived from a mineral source, applied as a flat fill and used for borders and backgrounds.

Talapatra chitra

Palm-leaf etching of Odisha: dried palm leaves are stitched into a bundle, incised with an iron stylus, and rubbed with black ink to darken the lines.

Jatri patta

A long scroll painting used by travelling Odishan singers, unfolded panel by panel while a narrative is sung, linking visual art to performance.

Kalinga style

The regional Odishan style of temple architecture and sculpture, divided vertically into pabhaga base, jangha wall, and baranda cornice.

Tribhanga posture

A three-bend stance at neck, waist, and knee used in Odishan sculpture and dance, giving the figure an S-curve and a sense of movement.

Bas-relief

Sculptural relief in which the modelled forms project less than half their depth from the background plane, keeping the surface relatively flat.

Dhokra casting

Lost-wax metal casting practised by tribal artisans: a beeswax model is encased in clay, wax melts out, and molten brass fills the cavity.

Saura painting

Wall mural tradition of the Saura community in southern Odisha, painted in earth colours with white line figures called itanas representing deities and ancestors.

Jhoti

Domestic ritual floor and wall drawing made by Odishan women with rice paste, especially during festivals such as Manabasa Gurubar.

Bandha

The Odishan term for Ikat, the resist tie-dyeing of yarn before weaving, producing patterns with characteristic feathered edges.

Double ikat

A weaving technique in which both warp and weft yarns are resist-dyed before weaving, so the pattern must align precisely at the loom.

Chandua applique

Pipili textile craft in which cut fabric pieces are stitched onto a base cloth with buttonhole stitch, depicting trees, elephants, and the Jagannath triad.

Leather-hard clay

The stage when clay has dried enough to hold its shape but is still damp enough to be joined with slip and trimmed without collapsing.

Bisque firing

The first kiln firing of unglazed clay ware, which drives off water and hardens the body so it can be glazed and fired again.

Slip

A slurry of clay and water used as a glue to join leather-hard clay pieces, scored at the joint for a strong bond.

Elements of design

The basic visual components of any composition: line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and colour, combined using design principles.

Radial symmetry

Balance in which elements repeat around a central point, as in mandala and Pattachitra border patterns, giving equal weight in all directions.

Golden ratio

A proportion of approximately 1:1.618, used as a harmonious ratio for panel and border layout in design work.

Gesture drawing

A fast sketch of 30–60 seconds that captures movement, axis, and pose rather than outline detail, used as a warm-up exercise.

Value scale

A stepped grayscale from white to black, usually nine steps, used to train tonal judgement before working in colour.

Two-point perspective

A drawing system using two vanishing points on a single horizon line, used to show a craft object from a corner view.

Firangi chisel

A traditional wood-carving chisel used with a mallet, worked along the grain and cut away from the body for safety.

Gum arabic

A natural binder used with mineral pigments in traditional painting, roughly one part gum to ten parts pigment solution for good brush flow.

Wood seasoning

Controlled drying of timber to about 10–12% moisture content before carving, reducing warping, cracking, and joint failure in the finished piece.

Clay shrinkage

The reduction in size of clay from wet to fired state, roughly 5–12%, which must be allowed for when scaling moulds and templates.

Raghurajpur

A heritage crafts village near Puri known for Pattachitra painting and palm-leaf engraving, used as a standard example of a craft cluster.

Anasar period

The monsoon fortnight when the Jagannath deities rest and Pattachitra painters traditionally begin new cloth work.

Utkalika

The Odisha state handicrafts marketing outlet and brand, one of the channels through which artisans sell products to outside buyers.

Margin versus markup

A 30% margin means price = cost ÷ 0.70; a 30% markup means price = cost × 1.30, giving a lower price and a smaller margin.

Geographical indication tag

A legal protection linking a craft name to its place of origin, preventing imitation; Odisha holds such tags for several crafts.

Process sheet

A portfolio page recording title, date, source, materials, step-by-step sketches, time taken, and self-evaluation for one finished work.