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Shah Rashid Ahmed Quadri (b. 1955)

Deccani Bidriware engraver of Bidar celebrated for microscopic pure-silver phooljhari latticework set into blackened zinc-copper alloy.

Bidar metalworker chiselling and inlaying pure silver wire into a blackened Bidriware vessel

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Bidar metalworker chiselling and inlaying pure silver wire into a blackened Bidriware vessel
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Carrying forward five centuries of Bahmani and Barid Shahi metallurgical craft in Bidar, northern Karnataka, Shah Rashid Ahmed Quadri chisels hair-thin undercuts into cast 16:1 zinc-copper vessels before hammering pure silver wire (tarakashi) and sheet (teh-nishan) flush with the surface. 1

Immersed in a boiling slurry of ammonium chloride and alkaline soil gathered solely from unlit inner vaults of Bidar Fort, the alloy turns velvety matte black while silver gleams untouched, earning him the Shilp Guru title and Padma Shri (2023). 1

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Bidriware Blackened Alloy & Pure Silver Inlay
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Padma Awards 2023 — Shah Rashid Ahmed Quadri Citation (Bidriware, Karnataka)Ministry of Textiles / Padma Awards Archive, 2023—
"Shah Rashid Ahmed Quadri (b. 1955)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/shah-rashid-ahmed-quadri · CC BY-SA 4.0.