Copper Cutwork Hanging Lamp Pair
Light through pierced metal never falls flat — it throws the pattern up across the ceiling and down the walls, the way lamps have lit courtyards and shrines for centuries. This pair is made by hand in solid copper in Lahore, the cutwork drawn from Indian and Islamic ornament, each...
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.
