Dokra Artifacts (2024)

08/07/2023

DokraArtifacts - Handcrafted Tribal Art Table Top Artefacts Tribal Farmer Couple

Measurements: 40cm (H) X 9.5cm (B) , weight around 800 grms , Price: 4800/- single piece, Pair: 9500/- unique artefacts one pair available

07/07/2023

DokraArtifacts - Handcrafted Tribal Art Table Top Artefacts

Tribal Status Man- Woman - Measurements: Around 20.7 cm (H) X 8.5 cm (B) , weight around 450 to 500 grms , Price: 4200/- per piece , 5-6 artefacts available

07/07/2023

DokraArtifacts - Handcrafted Tabletop Maa Durga Family Decorative

Measurements: 25.5 cm (L) X 5.5cm (B) X 26 cm (H) , weight:1350 grms , Price: 7500/- , unique artefacts single piece available

07/07/2023

DokraArtifacts - Handcrafted Tabletop Maa Durga Singhabahini Roop on Mayurpankhi Boat

Measurements: 16 cm (H) X 11 cm (B) , weight:360 grms , Price: 4200/- , unique artefacts single piece available

07/07/2023

DokraArtifacts - Handcrafted Tabletop Maa Durga Family

Measurements: 20 cm (L) X 4 cm (B) X 20 cm (H) , weight:900 grms , Price: 5500/- , unique artefacts single piece available

07/07/2023

Dokra Artifacts - Handcrafted Tabletop Maa Durga Singhabahini Roop on country Boat

Measurements: 15.5 cm (H) X 15 cm (B) , weight:390 grms , Price: 3200/- , unique artefacts single piece available

07/07/2023

Dokra Handcrafted Tribal Art Table Top Artefacts

Tribal Status Man- Woman - Measurements: Around 20.7 cm (H) X 8.5 cm (B) , weight around 450 to 500 grms , DSP: 3400/- per piece , 5-6 artefacts available

05/07/2023

Dokra Artifacts

30/06/2023

DokraArtifacts
Single moulded product which is very difficult to cast.

29/06/2023

Nandi

29/06/2023

DokraArtifacts

29/06/2023

Bengal Dokra Handcrafted Jewelleries

28/06/2023

Frame for home decor

28/06/2023

India is known to be a land of cultural heritage. A place where every stone carries a story behind it. Dokra or Dhokra is the art of melting figurines through the now near extinct metal casting technique. Dokra is characterized by primitive simplicity, rustic beauty, imaginative designs and patterns making it a coveted collector’s item.
The Bell Titanium or Dhokra or Dokra is just one of the very fast acknowledged systems of material spreading. This build dates rear to pre-historic time of Harrappa & Mahenjodaro (2300-1750 BC/BCE) time of Indus Society. Dokra is non-ferrous metal casting using the “lost-wax”/”Investment method” casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in INDIA for over 4500 years and is still used. One of the earliest known “Lost- Wax” artifacts’ is the “dancing girl” of Mahenjo-daro.
This art is essentially stunning metal figurines fashioned from bronze and copper based alloys/Brass using a “Lost-Wax Casting”/”Investment method” known as “Cira Perdue” in French. There are several processes involved in the making of Dhokra art and hence, a single piece could take up to a month or two to be created.
There are two main processes of “lost-wax casting/investment method/Cire-perdue”: Solid Casting and Hollow Casting. Solid casting does not use a clay core but instead a solid piece of wax to create the mould; hollow casting is the more traditional method and uses the clay core. Solid casting is predominant in the southern part of India while hollow casting which is more traditional method is more common in Eastern & Central India. Ghasiand Dokra Damars Tribe communities who were well acquainted with this particular hollow casting technique today reside outside the agricultural villages in different tribal zones of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Telengana.
Not even in India, “lost-wax casting” was found all over the world, especially in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Greece, France, Mexico. This technique flourished in Aztecs civilization in Mexico during 14th-16th centuries AD and in the Benin Kingdom in South-Central Nigeria during 14th-19th centuries AD. Some of the oldest Dokra artifacts found are either human or animal figurines. The legendary dancing girl of Mohenjo Daro is one the most prominent examples of earliest known “lost-wax” casting in India. The bronze cast dancing girl model from the ruins of Mohenjo Daro still evokes wonder for the aesthetic appeal and advanced technical knowledge.
Now a day, use of Dokra items in everyday life is limited compared to some of the vastly produced craft items in India. The craft is lacking development due to awareness, education and non-availability of technical assistance for promotion of marketing as per requirement of changing scenario in the international/national market but still Dokra makers are maintaining their existence in the era of globalization, neoliberal economy and mechanized mass production. Most of the artisans live in perpetual poverty, want and neglect but the artisans are emotionally attached with their work culture and doing a great job by preserving this priceless heritage and most of the artisans’ community prefers to carry on with their ancestral traditional art and reject machine driven commercialization. But in today’s World, survival of poor artisans is in danger because they are technically and financially poor. In the absence of proper marketing/ advertisement/ rehabilitation/ popularity/ patronage from higher society, the number of working artisans will be substantially reduced.
Many traditional arts and crafts of India are dying due to modernization and technological development. Many “Hand-made tales of India” are on the verge of extinction. “Dokra”, also to be known as “Tribal Art of India”, is also following the path of “Manjusha Paintings”, “Parsi Embroidery”, “Naga Handicraft”, “Roghan Painting”, “Patola Saris”, “Mithila Paintings” etc. which are on the verge of extinction.
“No One Can Copy Dokra”. Every piece is UNIQUE as each artisan can create in his special way and the whole object is fully hand-crafted wherein the piece does not have any form of joints. Each finished product is different and unique not because of artisan but because of each “mould” can be used only once and finally broken.

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