Design Resource
Tamta Copperware - Almora
Copper Craft Clusters
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Aruna Kumari Y., Shruti K., Shivangi Sharma and B. Srikanth
Tools and Raw Materials
List of Tools Used:
| • Scissors | - Used to cut the copper sheets. |
| • Prakkar | - Compass is used for marking and also for measuring. |
| • Hammer | - It is used for creating dot patterns. Hammer that has a square head and rounded edges. |
| • Wooden Mallet | - These are used in beating process to make the base strong. |
| • Stone | - Used for shaping. |
| • Metal Rod | - It used for shaping and engraving the motif designs. |
| • Chisel | - It is used for creating and also for embossing design patterns. |
| • File | - Used for polishing and to remove rough edges. |
| • Bhatti | - Kiln for heating process. |
| • Metal Scrubber | - Used to remove stains and polish the copper surface. |
| • Traditional furnace | - Used for heating process. |
Raw Materials Used:
| • Copper | - Sheets of Copper is the main Raw material used in production process. |
| • Fuel | - Bark of pine tree is used as fuel as it is available in local forest. |
| • Soldering Material | - It is a substance made by mixing nearly eight varieties of metals. This mixture works as bonding element used to join the parts of copper products during manufacture process. This mixture is known as Ashtadhatu locally. |
| • Seesa (lead) | - Used to seal the joined parts. |
| • Tamarind | - It is used as natural cleaning agent to wash the copper sheets. |
