Zareen Three Compartment Brass Dry Fruit/Snack Dish
A round brass dish split into three — one for almonds, one for raisins, one for whatever's left out for guests who linger. It's made in brass in Lahore in chitrayi cutwork and hammered detail, the three compartments raised on little feet, birds and flowers worked around them. Bring it...
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.
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.