REVITALIZATION OF
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Art and craft, forms an integral part of interior
design. The focus is shifted to clean, simple,
functional and organic interiors. This also
largely changed the perspective of present-day
interior designers.
SIRASANI LAYA
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B.DESIGN 4TH SEM
COIR JEWELLERY Alleppey, Kerala
Coir is one of the natural fibers extracted from
the matured coconut husks that is used in
producing multiple eco- friendly products. Coir
is rough and uneven short fibers which are
naturally strong thick commercial fibers. Coir
is sorted by two means brown coir and white
coir. Brown coir is extracted from the matured
coconuts and white coir is from the immature
coconuts. These fibers are one of the most
durable ones and has low decomposition rate
TOOLS AND RAW MATERIALS
• Coir Strands are very • Embellishments are • Sewing Needle is used in • Nail Cutter is used in cutting
important and essential used sewing the coir strand. minute strands of coir
raw material in enhancing the jewelry protruding from the
article made.
MAKING PROCESS
Step 1 Step 2
Coir is extracted from immature coconut
Coir is dyed with natural colours
And soaked in water to attain flexibility
MAKING PROCESS (CONT.)
Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
The coir is winded with regard to The protruding strands are cut with The coir strands are bind together,
the diameter required and then a the help of nail cutter. sewed and twisted to the form needed.
single coir is taken and sewed Embelishments are placed if needed
around the winded coir to fasten
the rings in crochet technique.
PRODUCTS
NATURAL FIBRE LAMP SHADE Alleppey, Kerala
Natural fibers are hair-like raw materials that are continuous
filaments like pieces of thread. There are two types of fibers:
natural fibers and synthetic fibers. These natural fibers can be
spun in to filaments, threads or ropes. Now a days these natural
fibers are being used in the textiles, building, plastics and
automotive industries. Natural fibers are further classified
according to their sources like vegetable fibers, animal fibers
and mineral fibers.
TOOLS AND RAW MATERIALS
• Basic Structure: Its made of • Gunny Cloth: Its used to • Scissor: To remove • Natural Fibers • Needle and Thread:
iron rods by welding stitch at the backside of unwanted fibers. (jute coir): Its To join the
according the lamp made of knitted fibers together.
to the required design. jute plants are
used
to make lamp
shade.
MAKING PROCESS
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
• The basic structure of • Threads made of natural fibres • The process continues
the lamp is done are winded to the basic with knitting threads
by welding iron rods structure of the lamp
MAKING
PROCESS
Step 4 (CONT.) Step 5 Step 6
• Lamp shade made of natural • Stitching the knitted threads • Jute cloth is stitched at
fibres to obtain required design the back side of the lamp
done by weaving and
joining threads
PRODUCTS
METAL BELL MAKING Bhuj
Bell metal - the unique melodic tone spread out from the metal
crown to the bells cylindrical body. Metal bells give voice to
centuries old craft tradition that the Muslim lohar community
brought to Bhuj from Sindh. These metal bells are used to
decorate the necks of cattle, camel, sheep and goat
The traditional bells were used to decorate domestic animals but
now these are used to make the wind chimes and hung in
entranceway/doorway which gives the pleasant sound and are
used as other forms of festival decoration.
TOOLS AND RAW MATERIALS
• Iron and Copper Sheets: • Brass, Iron, Copper • Raw Cotton (Kapaas) and • Kirad Tree
Sheets are used to make the bell. and Zinc Powder: Mud: These are mixed Wood: Wood is
These are used to together and the mixture is used to make the
• Hammer (Hathodi): Hammer is used
apply on the bell covered on the bell before clapper
to shape the metal sheet into bell.
before heating heating
• Holder (Sansee): It is used to hold
the bell and place it in the kiln • Kiln (Bhatti): Kiln is
• Cutter (Thekapani): Cutter is used to heat the bell.
used to cut the metal sheet.
MAKING PROCESS
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
The artisan cuts the scraps(waste metal) For the cap of the bell, artisan draws The bells are put into water and then
into rectangular strip and hammers it a circle of required size on the the wet shaped bells are covered
into a hollow cylinder. metal sheet using a compass. with the mixture made of brass,
The circle is cut and hammered copper, zinc and iron powder
to obtain a dome shape. and kept to dry.
The circular dome is then fitted on
to the cylinder and hammered to
attain the bell shape
MAKING PROCESS
(cont.)
Step 6
Step 5
Step 4
The dough of clay and raw cotton The powder coated bells is wrapped Once the bell body is ready clapper
is beaten and mixed with the help in the dough and baked in a kiln at (wooden piece) is attached to the center
of small wooden log. high temperature. of the bell which determines the sound
Once cooled, the clay/cotton mixture it imparts.
breaks off to reveal the bell.
WIRE CRAFTS Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Wire is a bendable element of metal of any kind
used for many purposes mainly electrical. But
nowadays people has started creating model
with wires by giving it an extraordinary aspect.
A wire being flexible can be bent and shaped or
molded into any required model. Wires are
easily available in local markets and wire
gauges comes in the standard sizes. single wire
craft is practiced in parts of Gujarat involving a
very few families in this craft. Wires are mostly
used for enduring heavy loads of electricity and
cable signals. The wasted wire are recycled and
preserved in form of different items and models.
TOOLS AND RAW MATERIALS
• Galvanized wire- • Hollow Plastic Wire- • Diagonal Plier (Wire cutter)- • Nose Plier - Nose plier helps
Galvanized wires are used Hollow plastic wire are Diagonal plier is used in cutting in bending wires and
in making of the items. inserted into galvanized plastic wires and galvanized forming shapes.
wires for colour. wires
MAKING PROCESS Step 3
Step 1 Step 2
The craftsmen without cutting the The craftsmen places the exact amount
Selecting the model and estimate galvanized wire starts his initial of hollow coloured plastic wire needed
its size and materials required process of bending the small half in the particular bend and with the help
of the uncut wire with the help of a nose plier he continues rounding the
of a nose plier. wire to its center forming a spiral shape.
MAKING PROCESS
(cont.)
Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
The nose plier even helps in holding In the beginning of the model the galvanized wire forms loops and spirals
the shape firmly in place and allows craftsmen inserts the required coloured creating the paddle and a wheel of
equal twisting of the remaining wire hollow plastic wires into the galvanized the cycle.
into a shape required for the model. wire, so that whichever part needs a
colour the plastic wire takes its place.
PRODUCTS
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