Cane Furniture - Bangalore
The tools and raw materials that are used for making cane furniture are:
• Hammer: It is used during cane furniture making.
• Cutter: It is to cut the thin cane.
• Wooden Tool: A wooden tool is used to bend and shape the thick cane.
• Knife: It is used to peel the outer skin of cane after burning it. Another type of knife used to smoothen and beautify the cane texture.
• Kerosene Lamp: It is used to heat the cane.
• Brushes: Different types of brushes used white painting the furniture.
• Rosewood: It's a color polish used to coat the furniture.
• Iron Nails: It is used to pin the ends of thin cane after weaving.
• Resin: Natural polish used to coat over weaved cane.
• Cane: Natural thick cane is brought to Bangalore from different parts of Karnataka. Karwad, Sirisi, Aagumbe, Onkad and Honavara areas of north Karnataka are the major places of cane production.
• Processed thin cane: Cane which is used for binding around cane furniture frame is imported from Malaysia.
• Varnish: After completion of framing work and cane binding, the cane furniture is polished with natural varnish to obtain glossy finish.
• Colors: The finished products are painted with off white, black and brown colors/ paints to give classy look to the furniture.
