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Jaidev Baghel (1949–2014)

Kondagaon Ghadwa bell-metal sculptor who elevated Bastar coiled-beeswax Dhokra cire-perdue bronze casting to global museum stature.

Bastar Ghadwa sculptor wrapping fine beeswax threads around a clay Dhokra core

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Bastar Ghadwa sculptor wrapping fine beeswax threads around a clay Dhokra core
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Trained from childhood beside his father Sirman Baghel's earthen furnace in Kondagaon, Bastar region, Chhattisgarh, Jaidev Baghel wrapped hair-fine hand-pressed wild beeswax threads over river-clay cores to cast kinetic Adivasi deities, riders, and ritual lamps in one-off moulds. 1

He founded the Paramparik Bastar Shilpi Parivar cooperative to secure raw-brass access and workshops for Ghadwa, Muria, and Maria smiths, receiving the National Award in 1977 and the Shilp Guru honour. 1

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Dhokra Lost-Wax Non-Ferrous Metal Casting
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Jaidev Baghel and the Ghadwa Bronzes of BastarCrafts Museum, New Delhi, 2010—
"Jaidev Baghel (1949–2014)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/jaidev-baghel · CC BY-SA 4.0.