Generations
The lost-wax metal casting based Dokra art involves complex steps, the knowledge of which is traditionally passed on through practice.
The artists have known the blend of soils by playing with it since childhood and have known the heat of the oven from sitting with his father while he worked. The lack of basic amenities, coupled with exploitation is beginning to disrupt this natural means of passing on of traditional knowledge, reducing thriving art communities like Dwariapur into a community of forgotten, neglected people, forced to forget and abandon their tradition.
