Hand-made
bambo umbrella frames consist of the following parts;
1. Upper Head
use Softwood
2. Upper Head Sleeve
use Softwood
3. Lower Head use
Softwood
4. Rib
use Bamboo
5. Strut
use Bamboo
5. Stem
use Palm Leaf
These parts are assembled to form an
umbrella. Then the umbrella is saturated in an insecticide
solution for a
certanin period of time and, there after,fumigated in order
to prevent destructive pests and harmful micro organisms.
Paper
making from the bark of paper mulberry
Botanically named broussonetia papyrifera, Sa paper
is made from the bark of the mulberry tree. Initially,
the bark is soaked in clean water for about 24 hours.
Then it is boiled with several kinds of ashes for
about 3-4 hours and rinsed cleaned with water. Next
the material is beaten with mallets until tender and
thereafter fibers are put into a water-filled tank
and stirred with a paddle until the fibers are suspended
in the water. The fibers are then sifted with a screen
and dried in the sun for about 20 minutes. Once dried,
sheets of paper are formed which can be peeled off
easily. This is the paper used in double layer to
cover the umbrella frame and later be painted
To
cover umbrella SA Paper or Cotton
The covering material is pasted onto the umbrella
frame by a special mixture of paste and persimmon
fruit secretion, which helps tense and waterproof
the umbrella.
A special mixture of paste and persimmon fruit secretion
when covered on the umbrella is not peeled off the
ribs of the umbrella when wet. This is because of
the botanical property of the fruit.
(The secretion can be obtained by pounding the certain
amount of fruits as said in a set of gigantic mortar
and pestle. Thereafter, they are fermented for a month
or two before the secretion is used for the mixture.)
Rayon
Special Sa Paper or Silk
The covering material is pasted onto the umbrella
frame by regular glue. These umbrella types are good
for sun or indoors decorative only.
Hand-Made
bamboo umbrella painting with design
In olden days,
there was no design painted on the umbrella in this
village. Until the last two decades, villagers began
their painting designs by imagination. Floral, animal,
and scenic designs appear to be on umbrellas today.
Most of painters working in this Centre have never
attended any school of arts at all. They mostly obtained
on-the-job training, which leans practicing the way
of painting while the are at work.
