Design Resource
Wall Mount - Koppal, Karnataka
Wooden Decoratives
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baraland Guna D.
Tools and Raw Materials
Following are the tools and raw materials required for wall plate:
• Wood: it is used as a primary material on which the art work is done.
• Chalk Powder: The mixture is used to make the gesso work.
• Sand Paper: It helps to smoothen the surface.
• Divider: The instrument is used for marking on wood.
• Scale: Helps to measure the lines to be drawn as per the required sketches.
• Brushes: Different sizes of brushes which are made of squirrel’s tail are used as per the design to be painted.
• Paints: Enamel and poster paints are used in Kinnal craft.
• Silver Foil: It is pasted on the embossed design.
• Adhesive: It is used to paste the silver foil on the embossing.
• Zinc Powder: Paint is obtained from zinc powder which is applied on flower work.
• Opal Stone: It is used to rub the flower work and polish.
• Yellow Colour (chemical colour): It is used to obtain the gold colour.
• Wood Polish: It is used to mix with the yellow powder for obtaining the gold colour.
• Varnish: Varnish is applied on the painting to give shine and luster to the final product.
