Brassware is produced in two main
techniques: wrought and cast.
Bowls, tea services, trays, and ornamental ware
as well as decorative ware are produced in wrought technique.
Brass Castings in Sri Lanka．
Coconut oil lamps, pots, bowls, vases, wall
plaques, trinket boxes and other household utensils are made with cast
technique. Brass Castings are done by the “lost wax” method: the model is sculpted in wax, covered with clay, and baked
so that the wax is melted out leaving the mould made of clay. Then the clay
mould is poured with the molten Brass.
The casting technique produces fine Brassware
of elephants, Buddha images, bowls, lamps and candlesticks. To make these
products even more attractive, local craftsmen engrave the brassware with
natural style motifs such as flowers, leaves, fruits and even sceneries.
Silverware, like Brassware is a specialty of the
Kandyan provinces. Ornately carved and filigree jewelry, trays, trinket boxes,
tea-sets, candle-stands, cutlery and ash-trays.
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