Shola pith has not been explored much. Shola pith is used in ornament box, decorative hanging, wall panels, which added a new dimension to the craft. This craft is mingled with emotion, expression, feeling of the craftsman and some religious value. It is such creative form of art in which more of hand work and less of machinery work is involved. Basically shola pith product is used related to:
Religious activities
Marriage rituals
Death rituals
Related to Decoration.
Durga Mukut
Kolkata celebrate many festivals and shola pith craft is their perfect décor known as herbal ivory. Shola pith is used in every pandal during dura puja because of its religious value and that what makes it important to use a good quality of shola pith. The good quality of shola can be easily judge by its appearances, unruffled, friction-less. The immature or bad quality of shola pith will be of reddish color. Shola is eco-friendly, because it is biodegradable and therefore does not cause pollution even when the items are discarded once the rituals are over
Topor Mukut
Because of its religious value and history shola pith is widely used to make headgear for bride and groom during the marriage ceremony usually know as Topar Mukut. It is an important accessory to carry for bride and groom in Kolkata without which rituals are incomplete.
Decoration
Whenever someone says shola pith, the flower is what comes to our mind first and this is what craftsman usually make to decorate headgear for Durga Mukut and Topor Mukut or other things like in the packaging. As it is white and the material is easy to make the different shape out of it, the decoration category falls perfectly into it.
Chandmala
One of the product categories that has been made out of shola is for religious purpose i.e. Sholar mala (shola pith garland), Chandmala (moon garland with filigree disc inside it), here the religious and historic aspects is kept in mind while these products.