Hammered Brass Bowl Stands
One evening they hold candles, the next they're snack bowls, and by summer they're a bird bath out in the garden — a pair of brass stands that won't be pinned to a single job. They're hand-hammered in brass in Peshawar, the home of the country's copper and brass work,...
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.
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Large, Medium, Set of 2 |
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