Two tiered bird bowl stand
$131.00
There's a kind of welcome that doesn't need words — the table already laid when you arrive, more set out than anyone could finish. Two brass dishes on a single stem, one above the other, a bird perched at the very top: a stand built for that kind of generosity....
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.
Two tiered bird bowl stand
$131.00
