置棠 ZHITANG
MATERIAL POETRY · METALCRAFT

The Language of the Hammer

Copper Annealing Touch

To hold a copper vessel is to grasp a language folded by the hammer.

Copper softens in the annealing flame and remembers every strike as it cools;

the artisan’s touch is a blueprint older than any drawing.

The Artisan

Kelsang Dorje

4th-generation Lhasa coppersmith, master of chasing and gilding, devoted to statues and tokcha.

Craft Spec
Material
Red copper / brass / meteoric iron
Craft
Forging · chasing · gilding · patina
Origin
Lhasa · Nepal workshops
Note
Each texture one of a kind
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