Bottle Opener - Fish Shaped

Details

The Dhokra Bottle Opener Fish Shaped suggest that bottle openers could be stylish too. Brilliantly handcrafted by master Bastar craftsmen, this unique piece defines the traditional Bell Metal art in the most exotic way. As most Dhokra products are inspired by the village surroundings and the flora and fauna, this one too is greatly inspired by the rich natural settings, wildlife and the underwater life. Treat your living space with an ethnic home decor accessory in the form of the vintage-themed Bottle Opener Fish Shaped. Naturally found brass or bell metal has been chiselled by hands for its amazing shape. The relic is further highlighted with visibly intricate patterns inlaid all over the artefact. It is one of those good to own pieces that will add to the elegance and stature to your living space while offering great usefulness as well. This fish-shaped bottle opener is also a great gift idea to someone who loves collecting ancient and luxurious handicrafts.

About Dhokra Art

Dhokra is one of the oldest forms of the art of non-ferrous metal casting. It is the tribes of Gadwas, Dhurwas and Gonds that still practise the 4000-year old art, following the lost wax casting techniques.

The metal workers make a living by handcrafting, moulding and casting alloy of brass, nickel and copper or the Dhokra, as it is regionally called. The art originates from the central and eastern Indian states including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand along with West Bengal, where the art originally belongs to.

 The tribal group of the metal workers initially travelled from the remote interiors of West Bengal to down south, as far as Kerala and right up to the western state of Rajasthan as well.

Procedure

As the word Dhokra also describes a certain sect of the tribes who perform the art of metal casting using the lost wax techniques of solid casting and hollow casting, which initially involves treating the coarse clay mould to high temperatures in an oven or by drying in the sun.

 The beeswax is drawn into stripes and fine wires in order to wrap them around the heated clay in order to produce a similar, though softer mould. The beeswax is mixed with resinous gum and then boiled in mustard oil.

 The model is then evenly coated with a very thin layer of wet clay, the stage that lets fine details of the replica to make an impression on the clay. Before the clay is added to the molten metal, the clay is either heated or sundried and the mould is carefully heated to high degree centigrade until the wax melts in the process leaving a cavity behind. The hollow cavity is then filled with a molten metal and set aside to cool off.

 Finally, the clay mould is broken and the object is taken out for the purpose of cleaning and polishing. Before providing final touches to the brassware, the Dhokra artists chisel and polish the artefact using herbal colours.

Region

The Bottle Opener - Fish Shaped does duly depict the rich ethics of the Dhokra tribes situated in the Central and Eastern regions of India that stretches from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand to West Bengal and Orissa.

goroots provides a concrete backing to the Dhokra craftsmen in the remote interiors of the culture-rich states of India. We encourage the ability of the tribal handicraft artisans and genuinely support their efforts through our website.