Design Resource
Coconut Shell, Kerala
The Art of Crafting Coconut
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Shell-Products
Coconuts are a remarkable renewable resource with constituents that have many unique and superior properties.Over a period of time this craft has grown popular from merely producing decorative items to producing many contemporary lifestyle products and furniture. These products can be used for domestic purposes as well as kept for decorations. Pillars, utility items like soap dish, ladles, spoons, forks, Agarbathi stands, pen stands, grain measurement vessel, cups, teapots, wine jars, plates, artifacts etc. are made of coconut shell. All these products are natural and eco-friendly. The coconut shell also has exceptional properties, which possesses twice the density of hardwood and is also very rich in energy. The hardness of the coconut shell is comparable to lower strength aluminium alloys, making it one of the hardest organic materials produced in nature.Hence, theproducts made from coconut shells are durable, natural, easily available and reusable.
