Pen Stand Madia

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Add a vintage look and feel to your tables and desktops with this intriguing piece of art. The Pen Stand Madia is a great Dhokra relic that has been brilliantly chiselled and handcrafted out of premium Bell Metal. This handiwork suffices for the need of a decent yet decorative accessory at home or workplace. It mixes style with utility as you can go on to place up to two writing instruments like pens, markers, pencils and so on. The brass pen holder can also be used as a paperweight as it is heavy, strong and durable. This Pen Stand Madia is an apt replica of a Bastar tribal woman Madia, the companion of Madin. It features an irresistible charm with fine adornments all over the face and body and a beautiful headgear to do the honours. Deck your office furniture and accessories with this unique handicraft today and experience the best of Bastar metal craft with Pen Stand Madia.

About Madiya Madin Dhokra Art

Dhokra is synonymous to oldest. The art of metal casting is centuries old and has only revived through the ages with the respective tribes of culture-rich states like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal restoring the Dhokra art, which is almost 4000 years old.

Presently, the art is being practised by incorporating fresh design elements in order to offer a new-age phenomenon to the artefacts while keeping the traditional techniques intact. The Madiya-Madin Dhokra metal workers artefacts are distinguished for their appearance.

The statuettes or figurines of tribal men and women feature artistic ornaments while the male member of the clan is seen donning typical headgear which is made using bison horns for the Madiya and peacock feathers for Madin. The Dhokra art of the Maria tribe of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh are experts in creating the male female statues with bell metal and their art is well recognized by antique handicraft enthusiasts.

Procedure

The Madiya Madin sculptors start with gathering soil from locally found anthill and model it into fine clay on which a second layer of clay is added. The Bastar artists mix some amount of clay and cow-dung in the second layer, which is added on the original layer.

A coat of wax in narrow threaded-like structures is applied on the second layer before compressing it through a bamboo or an object with similar space of a cavity. The thread-like structures are then used as trimmings to create stunning pictures and fine detailing work on the mould, with best artists putting up intricate designs on the mould.

A thin layer of clay is then applied on the elaborately designed wax and allowed to dry. On being dried up, the sculptor makes a number of holes on the layer in order to let the molten metal flow and thus resulting in the process of losing wax. The holes in the mould are then filled with molten brass, which replaces the residual wax and takes the shapes and patterns that were created on the wax.

The clay is then subjected to high temperatures and allowed to equally spread through the mould. In the final stages of the process, the mould is allowed to cool off and when it is hardened either partially or completely, the clay is removed from the sculpture for the purpose of decorating. Before providing final touches to the brassware, the Bastar artists chisel and polish the artefact using herbal colours.

Region

The unique Madiya Madin art of metal casting is practised in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. The Dhokra handicraft is exclusive to the region and none other than the Bastar sculptors (Maria tribe) can produce similar artefacts.

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