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Metal Craft -- a 200-year-old Family Tradition

Go to Dhamrai village, located 39 kms northwest of Dhaka, and you will glimpse an old mansion which dates back over 100 years. This is the picturesque home and workplace of Sukanta Banik, proprietor of Dhamrai Metal Crafts. Carrying on a flourishing 200-year-old family business, Sukanata unvei ...Read More>>

Metal Arts and Architectures of Nepal

The Kingdom of Nepal, particularly its capital valley of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur is considered to be an open air museum of ancient arts and architectural masterpieces of their own unique class that have lived the test of time since early centuries. Most of these art forms emerged out of ...Read More>>

History of Metalwork

Indian artisans knew the art of metalworking since 3000 B.C. The beautiful figurine of the dancing girl belonging to the Indus valley civilization indicates the high level of workmanship attained by ancient craftsmen.

The other high points reached by the craftsmen in the field of metal ...Read More>>

History of Silver Work in Bali, Indonesia

The art of metal work arrived in Indonesia in the Bronze Age from Southern Chinese and Southeast Asian areas. Bronze drums, dated from as early as the fifth century BC, have been found throughout the archipelago, and some of them are believed to have been cast in Bali. Indeed, the most famous ...Read More>>

Handiwork and Indian Culture

Metal Ware

The iron beams of Konark Sun temple in Orissa and the iron pillar at Qutab Minar in Delhi are evidence of the numerous skills achieved by Indians in the field of metalware. The art of bronze casting has been practised in India for more than five million years. Copper and b ...Read More>>