METAL ART OF TIKAMGARH

The tradition of Bell-metal art has a vast historical background since the time of Indus Valley Civilization. Kumud (1995). Excavation at Mohenjo -Daro, Harappa unfurled the technique of Lost wax process 'Cire-perdue Majumdar (1996). It was the great turning point in the history of art. The analytical study defines that the craftsmen who were pursuing the bell metal craft as a traditional occupation and doing this work as a religious domestic work are regenerating their interest in creative art Shukla (1998). The prime centres of Bell metal Craft in Madhya Pradesh are Tikamgarh, Datiya and Betul the Bell-metal craftsmen of Tikamgarh infused their experiences and creativity to develop a new-fashioned form. They evolved their creations from jewellery artwork."The growth of crafts in society was the sign of cultivation of sensitivity and the steering and mellowing the humanism".Chttopadhayay(1975)