Lac Jewelry

Lac is a material found in forests. It is usually used to make costume jewelry now, but in the ancient times, it was used for manufacturing villas as well. Lac is found only in India. Most of the lac is used to decorate the homes, and the discarded lac is utilized for making bangle cores. Lac ornaments are normally worn by Bihar tribes such as Bhumij, Munda, Mo, Oraon, and Santal. Toddlers, lampshades, serving bowls, push carts and nose rings are made from lac.

The bangles of lac consist of an inner-core that has a covering of thin layer of superior quality lac. Core lac, when mixed with a material similar to white clay, strengthens the bangle. The heating, mixing, kneading, and hammer pounding of the entire parched ingredients takes place repeatedly and dough like mass is formed. This mass is heated and shaped further and the expansion of the lac takes place in lieu of bargained diameter. This results in thickening of bangle. A tool (flat-shaped) is used to roll the bangle across the flat surface which gives a proper thickness to the bangle. The shaping is done by suppressing the length of lac into grooves (colored) on every side of the mould. The lac takes the shape of the groove into which it is forced. Some of the accompaniments used are glass beads, flower shaped mirrors decorative wire, etc. They have gold foil decorated on the, to enhance their beauty.

International markets of lac

Lac is exported to USA and many countries of UK.

Popularity: 12%

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