Design Resource
Silver Ornaments - Kolhapur
Anklets or Leg Ornament
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Lija M. G.
Tools and Raw Materials
Following are the tools and raw materials used in the hand-crafted Hupari jewelry which is a careful, intensive process.
- Iron rod- for segregating ornaments to avoid the stickiness.
- Flame Torch- is used to heat the silver to annealing temperature, for all soldering or melting metal casting.
- Metal Tray- to spread the wooden ash powder.
- Pliers (Katari)- are used to cut the ornaments.
- Parallel Pliers (Gava) - Parallel pliers are used to holding piece of silver level for filling and for keeping close.
- Pliers (Pakad)- comes in different range and sizes and are used to bend sharp corners in wires silver plate.
- Iron tongs (Sawan)- are holders used to hold crucibles while casting process and also for safer and easier handling.
- Meena color- This color is basically used for applying on anklet to give voguish look.
- Hardner- is mixed with Meena to make thin paste to apply on anklet.
- Wooden Ash- absorbs the excess flame away from the work bench while soldering
- Needle- to mix Meena color.
- Vibrator- (electro plating) for polishing
- Rough Polish- used to rub on the products for getting striking shining.
- Gauge plate- It is used to check the diameter of wire or to produce different profile.
- Dies cutting/Press tool machine- there are different types of dies as per the requirement.
- Rolling down- is primarily used to decrease the thickness of silver.
- Crucible- Different sizes of crucibles are used to melt the silver
- Hammer- is used to stretch the silver.
- Mold- Molds used to pour the melting liquid of silver to make rods
- Soldering material- by heating a gola (mixture) of borax, nav-sagar with water and copper sulphate.
- Silver Biscuits- Silver biscuits are converted into silver rods and further converted to thin sheets to make the silver articles.
- Pressing Machine- This is used to convert the silver biscuits into thin sheets.
