Amira Brass Cutwork Leaf Platter
$93.00
The cutwork here is so fine it's hard to believe a hand did it — but it did, the way hands have pierced brass into lace across this region for generations. The shape is a leaf, sixteen inches of it. It's made by hand in brass in Lahore, the whole...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Used in this pieceEngraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Naqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Sand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
Amira Brass Cutwork Leaf Platter
$93.00
