Bidri Flower Vase - Duck Design Sheet Work

Flower vases have a unique effect to the layout of any home. In spite of where these home accents are placed at, vases brilliantly light up the entire ambience leaving the surroundings with a smoothening and calming outcome. Our Bidri Flower Vase Duck Design Sheet Work is a great home decor idea that can make your home look more stunning and awe-inspiring.

This one is a befitting flower vase for your tabletops and favourite corners as it has been skilfully handcrafted using traditional Bidri metal craft techniques. And, if you just love collecting unique and rare handicrafts, this one should be your first choice.

Made to gleam with perfection, this budvase has been noticeably been shaped to look like a duck with an intriguing art on the neck, handle and the motif. Another striking feature of this vase is that it has been marked with pure silver metal on the intricate design at the centre. Great to own and a delight to possess, this vase is an apt artefact for its beautiful design and utility.

About Bidri Art

The Bidri Art is identified as one of the most popular metal handicrafts that originated in Bidar region of Karnataka. It was first introduced during the rule of the Bahamani Sultans in around 14th century C.E. The township of Bidar lends the art its name Bidriware and it is still a prominent centre for crafting intriguing metallic products.

The handmade Bidri products are valued as a symbol of wealth. The metal used in Bidri products is a blackened alloy copper and zinc inlaid with fine sheets of pure silver metal. The fine motifs and the wirework with which Bidriware is laced, gives the products a unique definition altogether. Moreover, Bidri handicraft products are in great demand in the export market due to its gorgeous inlay work.

Procedure

Unique Bidriware products are handcrafted from an alloy of copper and zinc by casting in the ratio 1:16. While the zinc content gives the alloy a rich jet black colour, copper provides it with a noticeable lustre and robustness.

A mould of soil is made malleable by adding resin and castor oil. After the molten metal has been poured into this mould, the cast piece is smoothened by filing for a shiny look and feel. This casting is coated with a concentrated solution of copper sulphate that provides it with a temporary black coating on which the designs are etched freehand.

The designs are usually the typical poppy flowers and vine creepers, stars and Ashrafi-ki-booti. Some may also feature traditional motifs in the form of Arabic script or the Persian Rose.

The casting is then securely placed in a clamp to engrave it with intricate motifs using small chisels. Its grooves are then carefully hammered with flattened strips of pure silver metal or fine wires for a desired look

Before the Bidriware artefact could be sold out in the market it is filed, chiselled, polished and smoothened to remove deformities caused due to the black coating. This process results in a strikingly noticeable silver inlay shining on a dark metallic background.

Region

The art of Bidri handicraft is widely practised in Bidar, Karnataka as well as in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Purnia in Bihar, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and Murshidabad in West Bengal are few of the other regions of the country that produce excellent Bidri products.