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    Silver Ornaments - Kolhapur

    Anklets or Leg Ornament
    by
    Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Lija M. G.
    NID, Bengaluru
    Tools and Raw Materials
     
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    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.

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