Hammered Brass Parath
$148.00
A brass parath — the wide, shallow dish flour is kneaded in, where roti and paratha begin. It's hand-hammered from brass in Peshawar, broad and low the way a parath has to be, the surface beaten to catch the light. Knead dough in it as generations have, or repurpose it...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Used in this pieceCutwork
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.
Sand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
Hammered Brass Parath
$148.00