Description
The figure represents the story of a couple who were in love and are popularly known as Jhitku Mitki. Our Dhokra artists are beautifully reviving the centuries-old love story to date in the form of art. The tribes of Bastar worship these figurines and believe that all your wishes come true when you worship Jhitku Mitki as a couple.
Dhokra making process has several steps, which include making clay model, giving designs of bee-wax on dried clay, applying two layers of clay on wax design, and creating channels for molten brass. The model is heated, then the inner layer of beeswax melts and escapes through the channels, consequently creating a space in between. This, therefore, acts as a mold. Hot liquid brass is poured into the mold through the channels. It is allowed to cool until the brass completely solidifies. Then the outer mud layer is broken to obtain a brass model. After some final finishing touches, the exquisite Dhokra art is ready!
