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Small Brass Owl — main view
Small Brass Owl — detail view
Dhokra lost-wax casting

Small Brass Owl

Bastar, Chhattisgarh

A pocket-sized owl cast in brass by the lost-wax method, its surface textured with the fine wax threads laid down before casting. Dhokra work carries a rough, honest finish; the metal darkens gently with handling. It has a good weight for its size and stands on its own as a desk token or paperweight.

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Maker journey

The hands behind it

The craft
Lost-wax metal casting
The place
Bastar, Chhattisgarh
The hands
The maker builds the owl in wax threads over a clay core, encases it in clay, and pours molten metal where the wax melts away — so no two castings match.

Buying handmade keeps a craft in work. That is the whole model — no middle story.

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