Design Gallery
Brass Work - Aligarh
Brass Idol of Buddha
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Sand and sugarcane waste is added to clay and this is filled in the metal frame.
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Brass articles are placed on the mixture.
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Little amount of clay is applied on the raised platforms of the idol.
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Chalk powder is sprinkled on the mold.
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Another metal frame is kept on the base frame and Clay mixture is filled.
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Once the impression of master piece is taken the article is removed from the mold and a small metal rod hole is made to make way for the metal flow.
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Molten material is poured in the molds.
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The casted articles are removed and allowed to cool.
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Parts of the idols are made separately and the joined together by soldering.
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Details are carved using chisels.
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Article is washed with chemical solutions.
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Brass idol of Buddha showing Vitaraka mudra.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the largest brass and copper making states in India with thousands of people employed in these establishments. Raw material is generally obtained by either melting minerals or old scrap. The object is generally shaped by beating with a hammer the sheet metal to the required shape while heating, or by pouring the molten material to the mold made of sand for ordinary objects.
Some of the non- ferrous metals that man shaped into tools earlier were copper and bronze mainly for their weightlessness and resistance to corrosion. The craftsmen of Aligarh are generally engaged in making Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes. Aligarh is famous for its various monuments and is one of the commercial center of Uttar Pradesh known as a center for brass hardware and statues.
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