Inside Outside (Sep 94)
Inside Outside Crystal exports is a business house committed to designing , hand-crafting , enamelling and assembling a wide range of quality chandeliers in lead crystal cutglass , by master craftsmen . These 'luminous poems' in myriad hues awaken romantic memories of India's royal past , with graciously blending the decor of today
They are particularly proud of their beautiful and massive one ton , 70 light , 17 foot-long chandelier , which adorns the J.K. temple at Kanpur , INDIA
The manufacturing process involved in crafting the chandeliers consists of two aspects . The first is the blending of lead and crystal glass on which the pelucidity and the durability of the basic material depends . The ratio in which the two ingredients are blended is a trade secret . But the manufacturers aver that the limpidity and endurance of their cut glass can only be matched by just a handful of european manufacturers of global repute
The second aspect of the manufacturing process is pertains to the actual crafting of the chandeliers while even the majority of the top european manufacturers use premould cuts and dyes , Crystal Exports say they have the glass parts , like cups , arms and prisms , hand-cut by the master craftsmen .The process is very painstaking and time-consuming but ensures supercraftsmanship . Similarly , the painting and the enamelling of the chandelier parts is also done manually by artisans who have inherited the skill from their forefathers , dating back to mughal times . The design of the chandeliers is a blend of the traditional design of Indian chandeliers and the decor in the vogue
Crystal Exports have no showroom or sales outlets but handles through THEIR WEBSITE AND EXHIBITIONS
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