An exhibition — Thewa Collection— is being organised at Mrignayanee Emporium, Bittan Market. The 10-day exhibition began here from Friday and would conclude here on July 21.
Thewa is a special art of jewellery which involves embossing of intricately worked-out sheet gold on molten glass. Thewa is a traditional art of fusing 24K Gold with multi-coloured glass. The glass is treated by a special process to have glittering effects, which in turn highlights the intricate gold work. This art work is almost 400 years old.
While talking to The Pioneer, branch manager of Mrignayanee Emporium, Bittan Market, Brijendra Raghuwanshi said, “Every woman wants to embellish her wardrobe with lots of cloths and matching jewellery. Keeping this in view; Mrignayanee Emporium often organised similar exhibitions for the people to enjoy shopping.”
Artisans from Neemuch have been invited to display their designs here. Pankaj Soni and his craftsmen have brought a huge collection of unique and different designs on Thewa. Elaborating further, he said, “This is the third year we are organising an exhibition on Thewa jewellery. Earlier, we received a huge response by the citizens.” “We had displayed the national award winner Ganpat Soni’s Thewa jewellery collection here. He is one of the renowned personalities across the nation for his wonderful work in making the Thewa jewellery,” Raghuwanshi said.
The whole Thewa piece is hand crafted over a period of one month by skilled artisans, which shows the culture, heritage and tales of romance with nature and happiness. The process of making Thewa work is detailed, time consuming and intricate, taking up to a month to complete each piece.
Raghuwanshi informed that the design often based on the Hindu mythology or Mughal court scenes. He further informed that the price of the sets starts from Rs 2,000 to highest Rs 1 lakh. On the first day of the exhibition, many visitors had an opportunity to look at the unique deigns and minute work done by the craftsmen. “We are looking forward for much high response as compared to the last years.”