gold coin – Jewels of India

The Remarkable Indian Artisans

To create this stunning kavacha requires a flight of the imagination. You have to imagine this beautiful body and then sculpt it in that most elastic (and fragile) of materials: gold. Creativity requires many things, but imagination is key. To connect disparate things, to see what others cannot see. [...]

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Jewels and Me

...my father came to see my mother in the hospital delivery room. She handed him the baby and he pressed a gold bangle into her palm. “Ponn kodutha kai-kku pon kodukkaren,” he said with a shy grin. Ponn in Tamil means daughter. Pon, without the end emphasis, also means gold. My father, ever [...]

By Shoba Narayan|2019-09-27T14:38:26+05:30June 6th, 2019|Categories: Overview, Welcome|Tags: artisans, bangle, bangles, blue sapphire, bracelet, diamond ring, filigree necklace, gold, gold coin, hand, India, Indian jewellery, Kada, karigars, Kerala, overview, Palghat Iyers, Rabindranath Tagore, Tanishq, Titan, turban ornament, tutti frutti rings, welcome|1 Comment