the hands behind it,
Our karigars
A karigar is not a worker. He is a craftsman whose family has kept one technique alive for four, five, sometimes seven generations. We buy from them directly, and we name them.
The clusters we work with
The Kundan setters
Johari Bazaar, Jaipur
Pure gold foil is coaxed around uncut stones at room temperature until the metal holds the gem without a single claw. A mid-size necklace takes one karigar three to five weeks.
The enamellers
Nathdwara & Jaipur, Rajasthan
Powdered glass is laid into engraved gold and fired, colour by colour, hottest first. One wrong second in the kiln and the piece starts again from white.
The temple casters
Nagercoil & Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Lakshmi, Ganesha and peacock motifs cast in lost-wax moulds carved by hand, the same iconography that has sat on temple deities for centuries.
The silversmiths
Rajkot & Kutch, Gujarat
Hollow bangles, payal and tribal silver drawn, hammered and polished entirely by hand, light enough to wear all day, strong enough to pass on.
“We do not make jewellery quickly. We make it once, properly, so a daughter can wear what her mother wore.”
, Rameshbhai, master setter, JaipurHow a piece reaches you
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Chosen at source
We visit the workshop, see the piece in progress and buy it directly from the maker.
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Checked & certified
Metals are assayed in an independent lab and alloys get our own composition certificate.
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Hand-finished
Polished, clasped and photographed in our Delhi studio, never a stock image.
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Wrapped & sent
Cotton pouch, hand-tied box, insured courier, and a note about who made it.