Egg Shell Painting in Bali

What do you do with an eggshell? Silly question right, you throw it away! Well, thats not the case in Bali, Indonesia. Eggshells are actually a major source of income for one family. Lets find out how.
In a small Village of Bali, inside a house, you can hear the sound of sandpaper rubbing on eggshells every morning. Its not easy to paint an eggshell. The round shape and its fragile structure calls for skill and great care.

Mr. Ketut along with five of his brothers, has been painting egg shells for over 15 years.

[I Ketut Wikarta, Egg Shell Painter]:

Our community used to only paint on paper. But one day a tourist from Germany came and asked if we painted eggshells. We did it with raw eggs at first, but then they would rot. So we had the idea of taking out the egg's yolk so it won't go bad. Then we rub the surface with sandpaper and we paint on the shells surface.

Its richness of the colors and the uniqueness of the art that makes them very popular with tourists, who pay anywhere from 10 to 150 dollars for just one of his masterpieces.

Mr. Ketut paints on a variety of eggs, such as duck egg, goose egg, ostrich egg and is able to finish two or three paintings a day.

NTD, Bali, Indonesia.

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Beautiful art!