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SKU: 5934300

SKU# 5934300

Magical humming sound from a singing bowl touches deep and comforts. Mahaguthi artisans sand cast and emboss singing bowls in bronze. To make the bowl sing, sit it on your open palm. Hold the stick upright against the bowl. Move it steadily around the outside keeping firm contact until the bowl starts to sing.

Nepali artisans’ careful selection of raw materials, mastery in molding and artistic finishing makes a perfect singing bowl. The quality of sound depends upon the proportion of the raw materials used. Traditionally, artisans use seven different ingredients to make the bowl: tin, copper, brass, silver, gold, aluminum and manganese. The singing bowl is produced with a “sand casting” method: Sand and clay are filled in a mold with a die in the required size. The artisan steps on the mold to press the sand and clay into the mold firmly. The artisan melts the raw materials in a pot in a traditional fireplace and pours the molten metal into the mold. He sets the bowl aside to cool. Once the metal cools, he separates the mold and reveals the singing bowl. He allows the bowl to cool further and then places it on a spinning machine to chip off the rough edges, shape the bowl to size and polish it. If fine polishing is needed, the artisan grinds the bowl and then polishes it. A sparkling new singing bowl is ready!
  • Bronze and wood
  • Wooden singing stick included
  • 6Dx2.5H inches
  • Made in Nepal

UPC Code: 732919262926

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Artisan Group: Mahaguthi
Country: Nepal

Mahaguthi, Craft With a Conscience markets the handicrafts of more than 1,000 Nepali artisans. Mahaguthi's focus is to promote the well–being of artisans, to provide employment and to embrace and promote the principles of fair trade.

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