Nature’s Palette: Herbal Dye Painting Workshop & Exhibition at Krittika Arts Space, Santiniketan

A workshop on how to collect herbal dyes from different plants and use them in paintings was started a few days ago in Santiniketan by Krittika Arts Space. The participants of the workshop visited different areas of Santiniketan and collected flowers, leaves, tree bark, etc., made herbal dyes from them and applied them on cloth and paper to create colorful paintings. An exhibition with more than 100 items and paintings was organized on Friday at Krittika Arts Space in Santiniketan. The exhibition was formally inaugurated by Supriyo Thakur and retired professor of Kala Bhavan R. Shivakumar. Srabani Roy, the head of Krittika Arts Space, said that an organization called Prakriti Nee Kriya has also been doing such work in Santiniketan for a long time. They have also been associated with this workshop.