Metal Candle Stand - Tribal Group

Metal Candle Stand Tribal Group is an ethnic product, handcrafted using traditional Dhokra techniques such as solid casting and hollow casting. The product is a great example of the Dhokra form of art, which has been practised by the tribes of culture-rich states in India, since 4000 years.The metallic Tribal Group candle stand features figurines of members of a tribal group, stylishly placed on either sides of the stand. Two male and female members are stunningly positioned on the candle stand and appear as they are aptly guarding the structure. As the stand can either hold a candle or a tea-light, it can well be used to enhance the beauty of worship places, temples and shrines etcetera.With such an intriguing product, one can surely add a touch of elegance to their living space as the rustic candle is effortlessly charming and vintage in look and feel.

About Dhokra Art

Dhokra is one of the oldest forms of the art of metal casting. It is the tribes Gadwas, Dhurwas and Gonds who still practise the 4000-year old art, derived from which the lost wax technique or cire perdue is called as Dhokra.

The metal workers make a living by handcrafting, moulding and casting the brass or the Dhokra, as it is regionally referred to as.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.

As the art of Dhokra handicraft had been adopted by most of the culture-rich states of India, the technique was tailored by the indigenous artisans of various regions, based on their natural surroundings and availability of resources.

Hence, the Dhokra art of one region would strikingly differ from the other.

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

Metal Candle Stand Tribal Group 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.