Local Handmade

Sri Lanka is known for products of local artisans. These are handicrafts that are known far beyond the island. Traditions are passed on from generation to generation. Raw materials that are necessary for the production of products are available in abundance in nature, all that is required are tools and skills!
From the history of Sri Lanka it is known that with royal protection, a certain part of the population was engaged exclusively in local kinds of crafts. These people belonged to a certain caste, they were respected and treated with great reverence for their work. So far, genuine methods of creating local handicrafts have been kept secret by artisans.

Since the times immemorial in the culture of Sri Lanka, masks occupy a special place. They were used in rituals. The art of making traditional masks of Sri Lanka goes back to ancient times. Traditionally, masks are made only from one type of wood – the Kadura tree, which grows on the margins of rice fields in slightly waterlogged soil.
The aspect ratio and the overall size of the mask are recorded in manuscripts that have come down from the depths of centuries, and have since been steadily respected.
For any mask there is one main color – yellow. The rest of the colors of the paintings and shades of each mask have their own.
The expression of the face of each mask, made by the master, is unique, because it reflects its individual character.

For the right to be called the motherland of batik contest Egypt, India, China, Indonesia. Despite the fact that the batik is produced in many countries, nowhere has its manufacture reached such skill as in Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka.
There are several ways to produce batik, but the most traditional is still a hot batik, when a melted wax is applied to the sketch.
The technology of production is very laborious. Long before drawing the sketch, the fabric is carefully processed to give it elasticity and smoothness, and then starched for easier wax removal. After the preparatory work go to the sketch. Then, with the help of a special tool, chanting, waxes applied to the places that should not be painted. Then the fabric is being dipped in a single color paint. After that, the next stage of the wax covers the next fragment of the picture and the canvas is again sunk in the paint of a different color. The process is repeated until the desired result is achieved for all colors of the paint (from light to dark).

The manufacture of silk is one of the priority and long-standing crafts of Sri Lanka.
In a hot humid climate, the use of only natural fabrics is dictated by nature. Of course, silk fabrics are not cheap, and the national sari is a luxury item. It consists of 7 m of fabric, and part of it – about 2 meters is embroidered with intricate patterns of silver and gold threads by hand. Everyday clothing, if it’s a sari, is made of cotton fabric.
Coming back tosilk …
It is proved that silk is capable of preventing rheumatism and arthritis, skin diseases, flu and colds. Silk bed linen has the ability to calm the nervous system of a person and reduce the influence of external factors on it, can not only prevent insomnia, but also completely eliminate daytime fatigue, so under such blankets people better relax and get more rested.
Silk also enhances human energy at the level of skin cells and delays aging of the body. Silk is a unique natural material that adapts to the temperature of the environment and is able to maintain a perfect microclimate for the human body. The optimum balance between temperature and humidity has a beneficial effect on health.
That is why silk products are popular and invariably in demand. To see how the silk fabric is being woven, you can at one of the factories.