Vintage Brass Surmadanis
Kohl was a daily thing — lifted from its pot with a thin rod each morning, drawn along the lash line, the surma daani kept where a hand could reach it without looking. These vintage brass pots held exactly that. Each is brass, a footed body crowned with a pierced...
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.
Used in this pieceEngraving / 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.
| Color |
Design 1, Design 2, Design 3, Design 4, Design 5, Design 6, Design 7 |
|---|
