Product Description

Dhokra Art is created by using the Lost Wax Process. In India this elaborate and lengthy process of creating sculptures in metal dates back over ***0 years to the Indus Valley Civilization.

The biggest advantage of the lost-wax method is that it makes possible the casting of a sculpture with elaborate curves and great detail. It is incredibly time consuming, requires a great degree of skill and patience, and even the very best artists lose a percentage of their attempts during the mould process. Each elaborate and time consuming mould will only produce one piece, thereby ensuring that no two sculptures are exactly alike.

The name Dhokra is derived from the Dhokra Kumar tribesmen who are the traditional metal workers of the tribal communities in south central India. Although this art form is now practiced in a tribal belt that runs through parts of four states in India, by far the highest quality of workmanship is produced in a small tribal province called Bastar, in the state of Chattisgarh.