.
top unblocked 76 games free
access unblocked games 76 now
latest unblocked online games
kays games unblocked access
retro bowl unlimited play
play retro bowl without block
cool math brain games free
school-friendly unblocked games
yohoho io game online
lesson guru hack and help
play baseball bros unblocked
classroom 6x games to play
76
Design Resource
Bamboo Mat Painting - Thrissur, Kerala
Handicrafts of Thrissur
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Manasa K. H.
Tools and Raw Materials
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. |
