Brass BBQ Grills
A hand-engraved brass warming grill — the kind set in the middle of a dawat, coals beneath, keeping the tikka and seekh hot as the evening goes on. It's made in brass in Lahore, the body hand-engraved (choose the fish motif or the Indian naqsheen design), built to hold coals...
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.
Engraving / 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.
Used in this pieceSand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
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Fish Motifs, Indian Naqsheen |
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