Bottle Shaped Flower Vase - Bidri Wire Work

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Minimal yet classic, the Bottle Shaped Flower Vase Bidri Wire Work is undoubtedly a delight to own. This Bidri ware is more than just a flower vase for it can also be well put to use for decoration purpose. Embellish your home interiors with this fantastic work of art as it takes charge of your tabletops, shelves and drawers. Decorate it further by adding artificial or live flowers with greens and twigs for a dramatic look and feel in and around your house.

The Bottle Shaped Flower Vase Bidri Wire Work is handcrafted by the expert Bidar craftsmen of Bidar. This vase has been subjected to traditional treatment as the black finish has been adorned with fine detailing of pure silver inlay work. Although the design is meticulously simple, it is fairly impressionable and tends to leave a print on your mind. With such a beautiful vase to beautify your living space, you can never go wrong to flaunt this gorgeously handcrafted Bidri artefact.

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.