Silver Filigree of Karimnagar

Silver Feligree from Karim Nagar in Telangana in the form of jewellery or statues, is made of pure silver. An average weight of a silver filigree art ranges from 100 gms to 3 to 4 kg of silver. Motifs of bird and flowers are extensively used in these intricate carvings. The making of silver filigree articles involves extremely intricate techniques that require much patience and skill. The craft is delicate and time consuming, consisting of cutting, twisting, plating of fine pliable wires or threads of silver or gold and uniting them at their points of contact with a base. The small grains or beads of the same metal, on the cross- junctions at regular intervals make it more efficient.