KUNDAN JEWELRY :-
One of the oldest forms of jewelry making is - Kundan which was generated in Rajastha. It was made in ancient times, and was popularised in the Mughal period. This kind of jewelry was worn in the purest form of gold -24 carat. In that era,their was a premitive method of setting gemstones, consisting of a boundry of 24 carat gold foil. Stones were mounted and locked through an instrument with 24 carat gold foil, these stones are known as polkis (uncut or unprocessed diamonds or colored stones). Mina work was done on either sides of jewelry that is Front and back.
An art of fusing 23 carat gold on glass. Thewa is a traditional art of fusing 23carat gold with multicolored glass.
The glass is treated by a special process to have a glittering effect which in turn highlights the intricate gold work. In this form of jewelry making sheets of pure gold are fixed in a bed of resign and the entire design is pierced carefully removed from the resign, the finished gold leaf ’Thewa ki patti’ is placed on a colored glass base and is heated on an open crusible for fusing, whatever the mortifs, the mniature scale of thewa requires extraordinary dexturity and patience. As is the case with enamelling ,the cooling work in Thewa is critical, rapid cooling may shatter the glass so it is allowed to cool naturally. Individual units are then filled into bazels. Geometrical forms like ovals, squares, circles are the general norm. At this stage each unit is backed with highly polished silver foil, which ensures color uniformity of the base glass and also increases its brilliance.
THEWA :-
The glass is treated by a special process to have a glittering effect which in turn highlights the intricate gold work. In this form of jewelry making sheets of pure gold are fixed in a bed of resign and the entire design is pierced carefully removed from the resign, the finished gold leaf ’Thewa ki patti’ is placed on a colored glass base and is heated on an open crusible for fusing, whatever the mortifs, the mniature scale of thewa requires extraordinary dexturity and patience. As is the case with enamelling ,the cooling work in Thewa is critical, rapid cooling may shatter the glass so it is allowed to cool naturally. Individual units are then filled into bazels. Geometrical forms like ovals, squares, circles are the general norm. At this stage each unit is backed with highly polished silver foil, which ensures color uniformity of the base glass and also increases its brilliance.
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