Single Bird Bowl Stand
$89.00
In the old homes here, a guest was never met empty-handed — a dish of dry fruit or sweets was set out before a word was said. This is a dish made for that: brass, raised on three feet, a single bird standing watch at its centre. It's hand-hammered in...
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.
Used in this pieceA Note from Amara
In the homes I grew up in, no guest was met empty-handed — something sweet or a little dry fruit was set down before anyone spoke. This is the dish for that, hammered by hand in brass in Lahore with a single bird keeping watch at the centre. The bird has run through our brass for centuries; I never tire of it.
— Amara, Founder · Maeraas
Single Bird Bowl Stand
$89.00