Smiling Brass Buddha Head
There's a particular calm to a Buddha's face — eyes lowered, mid-smile — the kind that settles a room without asking anything of it. This one is cast from an antique original. It's cast in brass in Lahore, the serene expression carried over detail for detail, heavier in the hand...
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.
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
— Amara, Founder · Maeraas
