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. |
