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Wooden Elephant - Thrissur, Kerala

An Abstract Wooden Art

by

Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Amulya S.

Tools and Raw Materials

The tools that are used for carving are:

• Mallet or Hammer	- It is used in hitting the chisel.
• Chisels	- It is used in shaping and designing the sculpture.
• Rose wood or Rain tree	- It is a basic raw wooden material used in making the sculpture.
• White cedar	- It is used as a filler wooden pieces in the place where the presence of white color is required.
• Jigsaw	- It is used in cutting the trunks and logs of the tree.
• Wood varnish	- A lubricant used in giving the finishing look on the wooden sculpture.
• Timber coat wood finishes (sanding sealer)	- It is used in filling the minute gaps in the wood.
• Wood stain (Asian paint)	- Paints used on the sculpture.
• Shoe polish	- It is used for the lusterless (matt) finishing of the sculpture.
• Melamine polish (Asian paints)	- Polish used to protect the sculpture which is lusterless.
• Wet or dry emery paper	- It is used in giving the final finishing and sanding the sculpture.
• Pad saw	- It is used in giving detailing carves like wrinkle lines and skin folds.

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