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Design Resource
Silk Thread Jewelry - Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Ethnic Handicraft
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baraland Srikanth B
Tools and Raw Materials
Following are the tools and raw material required for the making of silk thread jewelry:
• Fabric Glue: It is used to stick the threads and beads onto the surface of plastic bangles.
• Pliers: It is used to hold and bend brass pins, which are used to make earrings.
• Old Plastic Bangles: It is used to make remodeled bangles in a new style.
• Coloured Threads: It is used to wound around the bangles and beads to prepare a jewel.
• Zari Threads: It is used for decorating the jewels.
• Stone Chain: It is stuck around the threaded jewel to give it a feel of real stones.
• Ball Chain: It is used in decorating the earrings by attaching these golden-coloured balls.
• Brass Rings and Pins: These are used as a mounting accessory on the earring.
• Studs: It is a pin, the part that goes into the person’s ear hole.
• Scissors: It is used to cut the raw materials into intended shapes and sizes.
• Toothpicks: It is used to hold the earring while making them.
