Kashipura located in Varanasi is one among famous place for sheet metal embossing art. Craftsman usually prefers copper and brass sheets in embossing work. Metal sheet is the basic Raw material used to make embossing work. The product price is based on the size, shape and the material used. Work usually takes one year to six months or sometimes it will be completed in two months.
Embossing refers to the creation of an impression of some kind of design, decoration, lettering, or pattern on another surface like paper, cloth, metal, and even leather, to make a relief. In the broadest sense, it means to change a surface from each raised area on one surface of the thin material is matched by a recessed area on the opposite side, and vice versa at to shaped, so that some areas are raised relative to other areas. Embossing is done for purely decorative reasons.
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