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| August 26, 2010 | Assamese craftsman carves out bamboo made cutlery | |
Tinsukia (Assam):Believe it or not, a craftsman in Assam's Tinsukia District has carved out eco-friendly cutlery in different shape, sizes and designs with bamboo. It includes knives, forks, spoons, a bi-forked knife, butter knives and
many other things. According to Tridib Mahanta, as eco-friendly items are in high
demand now a days he felt driven to design eco-friendly cutlery by using bamboo.
"As there is a new trend of eco-friendly things, I also thought of designing eco-friendly
cutlery. I tried to make it. I thought that bending is not possible with glass
material and glass is breakable material and does not have fibre, so I tried out
designing cutlery with bamboo. There is a large quantity of bamboo available in
Assam, so there is no shortage of raw material. So when I tried, I was successful
in designing cutlery with bamboo," he said. He says the advantage of his bamboo-made
items is that they are eco friendly and 100 percent heat resistant. The unique
quality about this cutlery is that they have got the perfect bends and curves,
Mahanta adds. He has also designed cutlery-measuring 3.5mm, precisely the size
of a grain of rice. The cutlery is carved out of bamboo. Mahanta says that though
it is tiny, it carries intricate designs. The set of the smallest cutlery has
knife, fork, spoon, a bi-forked knife and butter knife. Mahanta's art has been
appreciated both nationally and internationally and he has got CII seal of excellence.
However he prefers to be known as 'the bamboo fork man of Assam.' He claims that
his creation is the smallest cutlery in the world though the Guinness Records
does not have a category for it. |
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