Design Resource
Masoli: Eternal Beauty of Adornment
Beautifully Handcrafted Traditional Toe ring
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Tools and Raw Materials
The tools that are used are:
| • Kansis (Files) | - Is a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal. |
| • Katris (Snips) | - Snips, also known as shears, are hand tools used to cut metal sheets and other tough webs. |
| • Mojpatti (metal ruler) | - A metal rule is a simple measuring instrument that is used for measuring distances and ruling straight lines. |
| • Sandsi (tongs tweezers) | - Tongs are a tool used to grip and lift objects, of which there are many forms adapted to their specific use. |
| • Hathodi | - a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails. |
| • Mush | - A traditional tool which is in a shape of cup used for melting silver and gold. |
| • Molding Sand | - A particular fine sand which is used for making molds for casting. |
| • Casting Frame | - Set of frame which is made of iron used for making molds. |
| • Stencil | - Readymade stencil which is used for creating impression of required design in molds. |
| • Die | - A die is a specialized tool used in making artifacts or products to cut or shape material mostly using a press. Like molds, dies are generally customized to the item they are used to create. |
| • Aairan | - This tool is composition of wooden base and iron block fixed on top it, this tool is used for keeping the die mold during the hammering process. |
| • Brass Wire Brushes | - These tools are used during washing and polishing. |
| • Soldering Board | - This tool is used for keeping the objects during soldering. |
| • Metal Clips | - This tool used for clipping objects together for preventing falling. |
| • Tweezers | - This tool is used for holding the objects during soldering. |
| • Soldering Gun | - This tool is used for melting metal during soldering. |
| • Hand Bellows | - This tool is used for blowing fire during melting silver. |
