Design Resource
Lac Bangles - Hyderabad
The Craft of Decorating Lac Bangles
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Tools and Raw Materials
• Tools:
Tools used in making bangles are simple and available in local market.
Coal burner:
This is used for heating and melting of the lac.
Shallow vessel:
This is generally an aluminum vessel used to melt lac either to make colors or normal lac rod.
Stones and beads:
Stones and beads of different colors are used to embellish the bangles.
Tweezers:
Used to pick the metal bangle while heating and picking the stones to embellish on the lac.
Flat wooden tool:
This is used for pressing and shaping lac bangles for sizing.
Round wooden rod:
This is used for sizing the bangles.
• Raw Materials:
Lac is a natural material procured from the forest and then goes through several steps of refinement to be finally used in making the products
