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December 13 2009

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Two men sit barefoot on bare ground working on a metal sculpture. The man on the left wears a white shirt and light blue jeans and uses a chisel-like tool on the metal. The man on the right wears a teal-grey shirt, a mustard-yellow dhoti with yellow border, and a red thread on his wrist, holding a hammer. Behind them sit sacks, copper-coloured pots and other tools on the dusty ground. No deity form is clearly identifiable from this view.2009-12-13July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesDecember 29 20092009-12-29Two men sit on a street-side step hammering and chiselling small copper-coloured temple vessels set on stone or clay supports. The man on the left wears a white sleeveless vest and a blue-and-white checked lungi and holds a chisel to a rounded vessel. The man on the right wears a grey short-sleeved shirt and a checked lungi and works on a vessel resting on a dark clay block. Scattered metal tools lie on the pavement. Behind them a green sign reads Temple Metal, and a sack and a dark doorway are visible. Hands and tools are central in this craftsmanship scene.A craftsman sits barefoot on a floor in a workshop, working on a curved copper or bronze arc held over a wooden block. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt, white dhoti with a reddish-orange border, and a white sacred ash line with a red dot on his forehead. Tools, rods, scraps of paper and a blue drum lie around him, and a large carved relief panel rests on the floor at right.2009-07-19Several young men sit cross-legged on a white tarpaulin under a corrugated metal shelter, hammering and chiselling thin brass sheets with small hammers and punches. The man on the left wears an orange dhoti and works a curved brass piece; the man in the centre wears a dark patterned lungi and a red bangle, pounding a leaf-shaped plate; behind them a shirtless worker in orange shorts and a man in a red t-shirt bend over more metal pieces. The right foreground worker wears a grey vest and blue checked lungi, tapping a flat brass sheet laid on a cushion. Scattered nails, a bucket and a red wooden wall complete the workshop scene.2013-06-28December 13 20092009-12-13A photograph of an outdoor metal casting workspace under a blue tarpaulin roof supported by wooden poles, with a whitewashed cinder-block wall behind. Two men sit on the bare ground among large rusted metal moulds and crucibles, pots, and cast metal pieces. The man on the left wears a white shirt and maroon dhoti, and the man on the right wears a white vest and a cloth wrapped at his waist. Scattered chunks of plaster or clay moulds, cylindrical clay forms and a wooden plank lie on the dusty ground, with a young tree and wire mesh visible at the back.2006-12-10 +1 copiesTwo men sit on the ground at an outdoor workshop shaping gold-coloured metal pieces. The man on the left, in a white t-shirt and green cloth, hammers a curved piece with a wooden mallet while a stack of ringed brass or gold-toned components lies beside him. The man on the right, in a striped grey shirt and white dhoti, works on an ornately embossed arc with a small tool. Scattered around them are more curved metal sheets, a wooden plank, a shallow metal bowl and a sheet of plastic on the red earth. Corrugated metal sheeting forms the backdrop.2013-07-11December 29 20092009-12-29KAILASA FAMILIA PORTUGUESA, PORTUGAL on 2/2/20182018-02-02 +1 copiesJune 25 20132013-06-25