It is evident that no stapathy or image maker will have actually seen how the God or the Goddess he proposes to make looks like. He has only to acquire the form in his own imagination for which he has to meditate in mind get
The picture through “Dhyana slokas” which gives the physical attribution of the Deity he proposes to cast. Therefore every stapathy is supposed to have full grasp of these dhyana sloka besides neethisaram, amaram and shilpasaram. They will represent the murtis he proposes to make. There are as many as 114 specifications to be followed while making an idol. He should also know the propotions of the lengths of different parts of the body to the total height from general experience. The image is made using his imagination according to traditional practice followed by his forefathers passed from generation to generation. The material used is bee wax which is locally available.Pure wax being too flexible and semi-transparent it is made slightly hard by mixing with resin any equal proportion and melted with ground nut oil. The molten mixture is then filted and poured into cold water for hardening to use it for preparing the wax model.
The tool used for wax-modeling is sandal wood stick in varying size depending upon the requirement of rhe stapathy. Such a stick is called patula and it has broad middle section withtapering ends. The stapathy makes a rough outline of the parts of the body of the icon in wax by hand. Details are worked on the rough outline with the help of patulas. Since the wax gets hardened the stapathy has to make it flexible by exposing it near the glowing charcoal or flame frequently until the full model with all features like face, limb, torsox and ornamental details is ready. The wax modeling is very important since the quality of the final product entirely depends upon the wax model which in turn depends upon the efficiency and skill of the stapathy who can visualize the inner quality of the image. The greater the care and concentration he employs at the wax modeling stage greater the perfection in the final image with minimum time spend on remodeling the metal cast image with hammer and chisel.
The picture through “Dhyana slokas” which gives the physical attribution of the Deity he proposes to cast. Therefore every stapathy is supposed to have full grasp of these dhyana sloka besides neethisaram, amaram and shilpasaram. They will represent the murtis he proposes to make. There are as many as 114 specifications to be followed while making an idol. He should also know the propotions of the lengths of different parts of the body to the total height from general experience. The image is made using his imagination according to traditional practice followed by his forefathers passed from generation to generation. The material used is bee wax which is locally available.Pure wax being too flexible and semi-transparent it is made slightly hard by mixing with resin any equal proportion and melted with ground nut oil. The molten mixture is then filted and poured into cold water for hardening to use it for preparing the wax model.
The tool used for wax-modeling is sandal wood stick in varying size depending upon the requirement of rhe stapathy. Such a stick is called patula and it has broad middle section withtapering ends. The stapathy makes a rough outline of the parts of the body of the icon in wax by hand. Details are worked on the rough outline with the help of patulas. Since the wax gets hardened the stapathy has to make it flexible by exposing it near the glowing charcoal or flame frequently until the full model with all features like face, limb, torsox and ornamental details is ready. The wax modeling is very important since the quality of the final product entirely depends upon the wax model which in turn depends upon the efficiency and skill of the stapathy who can visualize the inner quality of the image. The greater the care and concentration he employs at the wax modeling stage greater the perfection in the final image with minimum time spend on remodeling the metal cast image with hammer and chisel.
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