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A young man in a pale green short-sleeved shirt and a brown dhoti with yellow borders sits cross-legged on a tiled floor, carving a reddish metal relief plate. He holds a wooden-handled hammer in one hand and a chisel against the plate with the other, working on repoussé floral and scroll designs. A red thread is tied on his wrist, and a white sack lies under the plate. No a person is visible.

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October 22 20112011-10-22October 22 20112011-10-22A man in a checked collared shirt and white lungi crouches on a concrete floor, hammering a repoussé design into a sheet of orange-and-brown patinated copper. A wooden-handled chisel or punch rests against the metal, and scattered nails, metal curls and wood shavings lie around him. The embossed relief shows a face with bulging eyes, possibly a deity or mask motif. The scene looks like a metal craft workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a craftsman's hands chasing a decorative relief design into a copper-coloured metal plate resting on a cloth-covered surface. He is seated, wearing a dark dhoti with a gold-yellow border, and holds a hammer and chisel-like tools against the embossed floral and scrollwork pattern. No face is visible. The workshop setting shows metalwork being shaped by hand.2011-10-22December 10 20062006-12-10 +1 copiesNovember 29 20132013-11-29A photograph of a man in a striped yellow-and-white shirt and checked lungi crouched on a concrete floor, hammering a sheet of metal with a wooden-handled hammer. He is bent low over the work, and a second person in a blue-and-black checked lungi sits beside him holding a small printed booklet with a colourful cover showing a robed figure. Scattered wooden boards, sacks and a large copper pipe lie in the background of a workshop used for metal casting work.2006-12-10 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of an artisan's hand working a copper sheet with a long, narrow chisel-like tool. The copper plate is embossed with raised relief figures, including curved scrollwork and rounded forms, and two additional tools rest on the surface. Only a hand and part of a leg in a dark garment are visible, indicating a single craftsperson at work on repoussé metalwork.2011-10-22A man sitting on the floor works on a large carved metal plate with a hammer and chisel. He wears a light blue checked shirt and grey trousers, with a red thread tied on his wrist. His bare feet rest on the plate, which shows raised ornamental relief patterns with dark patina. The concrete floor and dim workshop setting are visible around him. No deity form or ritual is clearly depicted.2009-06-27A photograph of a craftsman crouching barefoot on a concrete floor, carving intricate scrollwork and floral relief patterns into a dark stone slab with a hammer and chisel. He wears a white sleeveless vest and white dhoti with a red border. Scattered yellow leaves lie on the stone, and tools and cloth lie in the background of a workshop. No swami is visible in this sculpting scene.2009-09-22June 17 20132013-06-17A man in a white sleeveless vest and blue-and-white checked lungi sits crouched on a concrete floor, chiselling a bronze-coloured lotus-petalled base with a small hammer and tool in his right hand while steadying the piece with his left. A wristwatch is visible on his left wrist. Around him lie scattered iron tools, chisels and nails, a wooden board, a blue woven sack, a yellow bag and coiled wires. The work appears to be metal casting finishing at a sacred arts workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copies