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Tools and Raw materials used for bamboo mat weaving and painting:

• Bamboo culm - Is cut in to strips and used to make mats
• Chemical Agent (copper sulphate crystal) - It is used as a preservative to protect silvers from cracking and to increase the resistance.
• Big knife - Used for slice the bamboo culms.
• Blade - Used to cut the thread.
• Small knife - Used to cut extra bamboo sticks during making process.
• Hacksaw - Used to cut the bamboo culms.
• Fire spray gun - Used to remove the extras from bamboo mat
• Scissors - Used for cutting thread.
• Thread - Used for weaving the mat.
• Hot press Machine - Is used for weaving the bamboo Mat.
• Bamboo Mat Weaving Machine - Used to weave bamboo mat.
• Stove - To burn the excess waste from mat after weaving.
• Manual weighing scale - Used to weigh the bamboo strips once it is sliced.
• Water Tank - To soak bamboo culms.
• Bamboo Mat - It is used by artisan as canvas to create bamboo mat painting.
• Asian Enamel Paint - Used to paint on bamboo mat.
• Painting brushes of different sizes - Different sizes of brushes are used in the process of bamboo mat painting.
• Stencils to trace figure over the mat - Used to trace figure over the bamboo mat which is used by artisan as canvas.
• Kerosene - Used to clean brushes.

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