Palm Leaf Paintings

Palm leaf paintings which is Locally known as Tala Pattachitra, are drawn on palm leaf. While themes remains similar to Pattachitra, the base & natural colors is what makes the difference.  Dried Palm leaves are sewn together to form a canvas. The images are traced by using black or white ink to fill grooves etched on the grooves created by share metal tool. These panels can also be easily folded like a fan and packed in a compact pile for better conservation. Often palm-leaf illustrations are more elaborated, obtaining by superimposing layers that are glued together for most of the surface, but in some areas can open like small windows to reveal a second image under the first layer.