Tools and Materials

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Technique to Create Designs on Fabrics

Tools and Materials

Following are the tools and raw materials required for traditional block making:

• Drawing Paper: Its used to draw the required design.

• Wooden Block: The basic raw material for block making.

• Filer: Its used to smoothen the rough surface of the wood.

• Customized Chisels: Modified chisels according to the requirement.

• White Poster Colour: To paint the wooden block, which makes easy to get impression of the required design.

• Wooden Mallet: Its used to carve the wood by beating the chisel.

• Bow Drill: A traditional drilling tool used to drill out the unwanted portion from the block.

• Colour Pencil: To colour the outlined design and to differentiate between the raised portion and negative space.

• Metal Scale and Compass: To measure the wooden block to get an exact geometrical shape.

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