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Introduction

The Athangudi tiles are mainstream carefully assembled enlivening floor tiles, starting from a town called Athangudi in the Chettinadu locale of Tamil Nadu. Athangudi tiles are totally handcrafted floor tiles, which add appeal to the insides of a house. These floor tiles of Athangudi stand apart for its group, delivering the rich social legacy of the Chettiar people group.

The specialty of making these tiles is a customary movement at Chettinad. The crude materials utilized for making athangudi tiles are the neighborhood soil, concrete, child jam, and engineered oxides. It is exceptional and preeminent, as it arrives in an assortment of shadings and examples made by an unmistakable cycle of making tiles. The mystique of the tiles lies on the neighborhood sand utilized and for the correct piece. Concrete, infant jam, and sand alongside engineered oxides make the structure of the tile. Because of the moderately sluggish assembling measure and less timeframe of realistic usability, the interest for these tiles has radically declined. 

The craftsmans have an aptitude in assembling these customary tiles of incredible quality. The way toward making these tiles is finished by at first picking the plans and shadings from the current plans, trailed by adding various tones on the glassed casing in a grouping and planning it. It is layered with a layer of a dry combination of sand and concrete and overlaid with mortar. 

Apparatuses and Raw Materials 

The specialty utilizes assortments of apparatuses vital in the whole interaction tile making to get the Athangudi tiles. The crude materials incorporate nearby sand that is helpful for the cycle, concrete, glass for the establishment material. Aside from this, the plans and examples are as yet regular however a couple of current adjustments are accessible in the market because of buyer interest. 

• Frame: Used to catch the glass square on which the cycle is done. 

• Colors: To make the theme. These are substance oxides blended in with concrete to add consistency. 

• Ladles: To move the tone onto the tiles. 

• Local Sand 

• Cement 

• Spade: Used to spread the blend over the glass outline with the hued design. 

• Jigsaw Blade: Used to eliminate unnecessary material and smoothen the tile. 

• Water Tank: Used to lower the tiles for restoring. 

• Mixing Machine: Used to blend concrete and sand.

Making Process 

The assembling interaction is completed with massive expertise and accuracy. This straightforward yet apt interaction includes making the tile without any preparation for the purpose of making plans and completing the item. Privately obtained sand and dirt are sieved/sifted together and afterward granulated to frame fine powder. Concrete is blended in with water and afterward changed over into mixture. Glass outlines are cleans and put on a raised design. A square wooden edge is put ridiculous to shape the tile. 

Metal edge which is planned by the theme is set on the glass to acquire the plan. Craftsmans pour various tones according to the prerequisite in various compartments to shape the ideal theme. At times the tone is dropped/poured straightforwardly on the glass top and whirled/mixed physically to acquire a free-form plan. When the patter is loaded up with shading a combination of dry sand and concrete is sprinkled on it. 

A combination of sand, concrete, and child jam is set up with uncovered hands. From there on a layer of mortar is spread on the tile with the assistance of a spade and the tile is leveled. Additional concrete is taken out with the assistance of a sharp edge. The casing is backed out from the tile after the concrete is halfway set. The tile is dried for the time being and plunged into a water tank for restoring. It is then taken out and the edges are done. 

Items 

Items made are essentially tiles. For ages, the craftsman networks are engaged with making tiles of different sizes and examples.

Mathematical examples and flower themes are the fundamental plans made on these tiles. Tiles are laid such that they make decorations. Plain-finished tiles are additionally sought after presently and are made in different examples.