Design Resource
Lac Bangles - Jaipur, Rajasthan
Handcrafted Sparkling Bangles
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Manmi Dutta
Tools and Raw Materials
Raw Lac Shellacs (Chapdi):
Raw Lac Shellacs are bought from local wholesale markets.
Coal:
Coal helps in the heating and melting process of the lac.
Metal plate (Silla):
Metal Plate is used as the base to roll the melting Lac.
Flat wooden Tool (Hatta):
Flat Wooden tool helps to roll out the warm lac in equal thickness.
Coal Burner:
It helps in heating up the coal pieces in a measured manner.
Lac Wooden stick:
Lac shellacs are melted and attached around the wooden stick.
Coloured Lac:
Coloured Lac is used to paint a required colour to the lac wooden stick.
Wooden Mandrel:
Wooden Mandrel is used to form the precise shape and size of a bangle.
Scissors:
Scissors are used to cut and separate the rolled out warm coloured lac coils.
