Golden Garden of Eden Brass Tray
The gardens and birds that fill this region's art — its miniatures, its poetry, its tilework — gathered onto one brass tray and etched in by hand. Every line is hand-etched in Lahore by artisans working the way their teachers did, the design drawn from the gardens and sparrows that...
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.
A Note from Amara
— Amara, Founder · Maeraas
