THIS beautiful Pestle & Mortar made by the artist who are the descendant of those craftsmen who built TajMahal in 17th century. They make this Pestle & Mortar with love, care & patiently This mortar & pestle is useful for grinding & mixing various spices, herbs & medicine. Mortar & pestle both have been carved out of single pieces of stone. Skilled & hereditary artisans of India have handcrafted this mortar & pestle set using only simple tools like chisel & file. This pestle & mortar give royal touch to your kitchen. The wonderful characteristics of natural stone make each piece unique & special using a mortar & pestle is a centuries old method of food preparation that is still considered the way of releasing the full & true flavours of herbs & spices. This solid round mortar & pestle is a gorgeous contemporary style natural stone & features a felt lined base to protect work surfaces. Easily used by both home chefs & pharmacists. Each product is made keeping in mind colour neutrality so that it matches all colour pallet of your home. Our products are high in & very durable PESTLE SIZE: 5.25x5.25x4 MORTAR SIZE: 1.5x1.5x5.5 Maintenance This Pestle & Mortar is less maintenance a polished finished, simply wipe with the wet cloth to keep it in same looking. Because this marble is non-porous & stain free How it’s make The marble can be white, black, pink or green. The marble is then cut according to the size of the article to be made. The marble used by us is the same type of Makrana marble that was used for the construction of the TajMahal. The semi-precious stones are now taken & cut into thin slices. These small fragments are then shaped by using a hand operated machine called the hone. The hone allows for better control of the artist on the shape of the stone. The artist holds the tiny bit of stone in his left hand & brushes it against the hone to shape it. Each artist is responsible for a different motif. Some are responsible for making leaves, some for flowers & some for stems. Then we take the marble & covered with the water colour why to see the outline easily then we temporarily stuck the stone over the marble what we have shaped, then with the help of iron chisel we trace the outline around the stone. Then we removed the stone so we get impression & manually chiselled out 2mm deep to make the cavity & fill the stone into the cavity with help of natural glue into the marble after completing the inlays into the marble we first rub the surface of marble with sandstone & then we polish the surface of marble with sandpaper which brings the natural shine on the surface of marble & to the semiprecious stone & we use wax polish to make the surface shiny. One time stone is fixed it’s never come out You will always be enjoying the beautiful handmade marble inlay artwork secondly you will be supporting the local artisans of Agra, India to keep this beautiful dying art alive. Inspiration This is the same art which use in the TajMahal. This
