Vaalkannadi – The word
means mirror with a tail, a hand held little mirror for the women folks. Aranmula, a town in Kerala, is known for its
incredible ancient craft of making mirrors out of super polished metal alloys
where the combination of the ingredients is a well-kept secret.
The Vaalkannadi or Aranmula mirrors represents
goddess of wealth and luck.
This is my humble effort
to get this traditional design of mirror as a wearable art. Of course, I have used the regular mirror as
centre piece, embellished with tiny sand sized faceted beads on the pendent
shaped like the Vallkannadi. The
pendent is strung on beaded cord which is made by my mother with handcrafted
polymer clay beads. The set is completed
with matching earrings.
The length of the pendent
itself is 4 inches, the length of the necklace is 14 inches including the
pendent weighing about 54.4 grams. The
earring is 2 inches long and 3.1 grams each.
It was an instant hit, sold within no time of my posting it for sale. I am happy the piece is now owned by one of my dear friend.
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