Product Description :
Dhokra art is one of the earliest known methods of non-ferrous metal casting known to human civilization. The oldest form of metal casting `Dhokra` is popular because of its
primitive simplicity. This art style is specialty of tribal communities of central India . It is a very important handicrafts because of its more or less exclusive folk character. Made by
tribals, Dhokra is notable for its strength and shapeliness of design. Its motifs are mostly drawn from folk culture.
Procedure of making Dhokra
The Dhokras use lost-wax process to cast hollow brass objects and images. The essence of the process is to model the object in wax, each one individually, around a hardened
clay core which has approximately the shape of object to be cast. Layers of soft, refractory material are laid over wax model and hardened into a mould. The wax between core and mould is lost or burnt out as mould is heated. Then molten metal takes its place and hardens between the core and inner surface of mould which holds a negative impression of the wax model in all its detail. The outer surface of hardened metal, therefore, reproduce the shape and details of original wax model, with the core producing hollow interior. The
hard core and mould become spongy and soft on firing and are easily removed.
