Silver Shoe Making - Varanasi
Silver is valued as one of the precious metals from ages and the metal craft is very traditional art for almost 5000 years from now. Silver is very admirable metal because of its brilliant white metallic luster surface. Mr. Bharatlal Kathera is one of the senior and renowned craftsmen for silver shoe making. The group of artisans including his son and cousin also makes traditional idols of goddess, traditional prabavali for god and goddess idols, kalash for rituals and jewelries by using different metals like brass, gold, aluminum, copper etc.
This shoe is an order placed for a bride who gets married wearing the same shoe, which is a pride of royalty as well as dignity towards the groom. The shoe weighs about 700gm of silver with no mixture of any other metal (purity-999), its shape and design matches to the sample that was provided to the artisan, this remains the treasure for the upcoming family as a part of ancestor’s gift in future.
The price for the set of silver shoes is starts from INR 27,000rupees including making charges and depends on the silver used. The making charges for the set of silver shoes starts from INR3,000
