tandrali kakati

I wear silver.

My silver brings me Patience and Perseverance, Equilibrium between mind and body.

Heal my soul and Give me protection.

So what’s your silver story?

Hello, Namaste

I’m Tandrali Kakati. I am an exporter of Silver jewelry.

I am a bibliophile. A storyteller, A thought Reader, and a person who finds solace in Mythology.


I have always loved to explore culture, lost recipes, and traditions.

And that’s why I studied costume designing, comparative Mythology, Human psychology, and International Marketing.

I also have a love affair: I love elegant, simple, and well-designed a piece of handmade jewelry.

And especially silver jewelry because silver is linked to myths of the moon and goddesses of the night.


With 7 years of experience in the handcraft (jewelry & textile) industry, I bring an abundance of knowledge and skill set.


A Journey of untold stories and experiences that enlightened me on the current skill set to which I am passionate. Would love to cascade the same to my spectators.?


Philosophy

Jewelcrafting (uncountable): The trade or act of manufacturing jewels. The ancient act of crafting almost always is a reflection of the times… and sometimes is powerful enough to make time itself its reflection. A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. In the ancient Near East, the value of silver to gold was lower, allowing a silversmith to produce objects and store these as stock.

Handcrafted jewelry is generally made up of cast or machine-made components and hand assembled.

Deep within its bowels, a craft holds dear the myths, legends, and faiths that lent it its form; these stories desperately need to be shared with the onlooking audience. These stories help the onlooker appreciate the craft righteously and offer many lessons in humble living. It’s the transfer of this value system more than the craft itself, which is the objective of this web page.

The global consumer now slowly wakes to the actual ecological price that the increasingly mechanized and plastic-addicted industries entail. We are more willing now than ever before to hear and pay heed to the tales of craft.

The webpage is conjurer to play that key role of storytelling, bringing social and commercial benefits to the artisan settlements. We desire to become the instrument through which the artisans can directly connect with the global audience. We desire to be the resource that helps craft sell not as objects but as stories and ideologies.

I am vying to make not just ‘sales‘ but ‘dialogues’ between the craftsmen and their patrons, encouraging ‘co-creation’ possibilities and collective growth. We are committed to keeping all the good practices intact and all processes humane, just, and ecologically balanced.

Vision

  • Sale of handcrafted jewelry Bring business and opportunities to craftsmen and improve their finances.
  • See Beyond the artifact. Tell tales, traditions, and processes associated with jewelry crafting.
  • Co-create with buyer and artisan
. Highlight the utility and malleability of craft to create contemporary artifacts/experiences. Help the artisan create modern-day relevant designs, a combination of contemporary and ethnic.

Historical significance of silver

Silver has been used for thousands of years for jewelry, coins, religious objects, food vessels, and utensils. The first major silver mining and craftsmanship centers were in Asia Minor (Turkey) and Greece. In these areas, skilled silversmiths produced beautiful objects over 5,000 years ago.


Even silver helps us to connect our civilizations. Silver helped advance global civilization by connecting East and West through trade. Silver was scarce in China but nonetheless much valued as currency.


The Indus Valley civilization was also called the Harappan Civilization. If we study Harappan civilization, The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the Harappan culture. One of the two silver seals that contain a unicorn motif has been found in Harappa. Harappan civilIsation was famous for Metallurgy. Over time, the Harappan civilization developed as an urban one. Metal technology attained great excellence with the mature Harappan civilization.


Why silver is considered Auspicious or the most scared metal

Cultural influences have been one of the reasons why buying silver is considered auspicious in India. There is a close relationship between silver and our religious festivals. Using silver articles for worshipping deities and performing ceremonies is an age-old tradition nationwide. Puja thalis, silver statues of gods and goddesses, lamps, and many other objects used in rites and rituals during festivals are mostly silver. There is a belief that silver represents the moon, who is worshipped in Indian culture as an important deity.

The medicinal properties of silver are often compared to the cooling effect of the moonlight. With all these associations with a heavenly entity, it is no wonder that people worship and possess silver as a powerful symbol of luck and prosperity.

In our country, silver is also considered a valuable asset that adds luxury to one’s home. Silverware, silver statues, antique silver ornaments, silver utensils, coins, and fixtures are definitely a symbol of opulence, sophistication, heritage, and good taste. Buying silver thus becomes all the more auspicious as it stands for the owner’s prestige and social status in a subtle yet classy way.

Silver civilizations, myths and beliefs

Egyptian, Tibetan, Roman, Aztec, Native American, and many other cultures cherished, worshiped silver, and wore jewelry made by it because of its healing and protective properties. Every civilization has its myths and beliefs about this beautiful metal, about its mystical and metaphysical properties, which have been tangled into many stories of religion, rituals, and daily life.

The Aztecs used silver in their jewelry and dress. They believed in the reflective nature of the metal. Mirrors found in Mexico, which were created of highly polished minerals, were symbols of portals to the spirit world. Even the name of the Aztec god, Tezcatlipoca, translates as "Smoking Mirror," which shows the importance of the material to the Aztecs.

Silver and Victorian era

During the Victorian era, the creation of silver jewelry grew even more as an art. Silver was a beautiful, white metal that could be bound with colorful, semi-precious stones like amethysts, topazes, and garnets. Its softness gave the opportunity to the creator to make complicated designs which lured Victorian ladies.

Also, after the death of King Albert, Queen Victoria sank into mourning and wore black until the end of her days. Her influence over the public gave the opportunity for a new style to emerge. That of silver-mourning jewelry, set with dark stones like onyxes.

Silver,magic folklore and many more

Silver was considered a mystical element in folklore; thus, its properties became a reality in fiction. The metal can do many things, from channelling magic to stopping evil (including warding off or harming vampires and werewolves), making magic mirrors, and turning water into a Healing Potion.

The myth of silver's mystical properties goes deep into human history. As a noble metal akin to gold, this is often attributed to something along the lines of silver's Incorruptible Pure Pureness. It's because of something people noticed a long time ago: if you put water in a silver pitcher, it takes much longer to get unhealthily scummy. Silver has antimicrobial properties,

That makes silver quite useful in medicine.

Silver and Tribal Jewellery

Tribal jewellery communicates much about the wearer’s status in the group, wealth and possessions, spiritual beliefs and even functional habits. Thus, apart from depicting a customarily idealised appearance, the ornaments give a brief glimpse into the socio-cultural traditions of a particular group. Even in the olden eras, there were ornaments to prettify every significant part of the body. This is evident from the fact that several elaborate handmade ornaments had been excavated from Mohenjo-Daro and other sites of Indus Valley Civilisation. Also, the Mahabharata and Ramayana are replete with elaborate descriptions of ornaments and the mystical powers they possess. Further, several accounts state how the royals of ancient India hired ingenious craftsmen to craft exquisite pieces of jewellery. Some of these jewels have trickled down from one generation to another, retained their identity, and become an eternal part of familial treasures. These pieces have become priceless over time. Tribal jewellery integrates humble natural materials like leaves, berries, feathers, leather, claws, flowers, and more into wearable art pieces. Demographics of the region, availability of resources and proposed functionality are some factors that make the tribal jewellery of one group differ from the other. Besides, even extreme poverty and lack of precious metals have not deterred tribal crafters from creating glorious ornaments. It has been observed that tribes of certain regions may be scantily clothed, but they still adorn ample amounts of jewellery on their bodies.

Silver Present Trends in Tribal Jewelry

Tribe-inspired jewellery is the hottest trend and can be seen anywhere and everywhere, from the red carpet to the fashion streets.


Tribal ornaments have turned into wardrobe staples in no time. Be it casual movie afternoons or formal evening celebrations; it has caught up fast with the evolving interests of celebrities, socialites, and even working women. Their uniqueness has made them a part of the hip-hop cult and even heritage for many.


The best tip to embellish your modern look with bold tribe-inspired ornaments is to pair them up with a simple kurta or a t-shirt and allow the ornaments to steal the show. Also, they are relatively easier on the pocket and are a big hit among young fashionistas.


SILVER IN WITCHCRAFT

Silver is the favoured metal of contemporary Pagans and Witches for its associations with the Goddess, moon Magic, the female principle and the Goddess in winter. Silver reputedly possesses protective powers against negative influences and evil spirits and has been used since ancient times for Amulets. A piece of jewellery that some people wear because they think it protects them from bad luck, illness, etc. It can be anything, such as a bracelet, pendant, finger ring, etc.


The metal also is said to enhance psychic faculties. Some Witches prefer to wear all silver jewellery; many who wear gold also wear at least one piece of silver simultaneously.


Silver amulets repel evil spirits from persons, houses and buildings. In the folklore of parts of France, couples who are going to be married encircle themselves in a silver chain to avoid being bewitched en route to the church.


SILVER IN WITCHCRAFT

Silver, which appears in nature in a pure state and is an excellent conductor of electromagnetic energy, has always been valued in various societies and has long been used for magical and sacred purposes. The ancient Egyptians revered silver more than gold, for silver is not found in Egypt. The god Ra was said to have bones of silver. Egyptians used the metal to make scarabs, rings and other objects used in magical spells.

Silver has a long association with the moon. The Incas considered silver a divine quality rather than a metal substance. They associated silver with the lustre of moonlight and called it the moon's tears. In alchemy, the symbol of silver is a crescent moon; alchemists called the metal Luna or Diana, after the Roman goddess of the moon. In China, the moon is the silver candle, and the Milky Way is called the Silver River.

Mythology and Silver

Silver is also associated with the sixth chakra, also known as the "third-eye". In this sense, silver certainly represents the concept of reflection and is considered the source of intuition, spiritual alertness, imagination, and generally multidimensional perception.

Usually, silver is linked to myths of the moon and goddesses of the night. Because of this, it is also the metal that is believed to help the wearer foster relationships of lasting love and lead a harmonious life. It is a metal intertwined with the creative side of a person and the feminine nature of women.

During the Middle Ages, different notorious beliefs about the power of silver.

Evil and silver

We have already read about it that many other cultures worshiped silver and wore jewelry made of silver because of its healing and protective properties.

Thanks to old fairy tales and countless 21st-century movies, we all know how people then believed that silver bullets could be lethal to werewolves and vampires.

This idea was born from the belief that silver wards us against evil spirits mainly because of its association with the moon. While the idea that silver wards off monsters of the night is thought to be Christian, the use of silver to deter or ward off evil exists in Islamic, Hindu, Egyptian, and Eastern European cultures as well.

silver jewelry is a timeless

Silver jewellery is a timeless, high-quality metal that has been around for thousands of years; pure silver and sterling silver are not the same; your pieces can get wet; the tarnishing is easy to avoid and clean, and you can wear it daily.

Despite all the surrounding misconceptions, choose your pieces wisely, treat them with care and enjoy them for the rest of your life.

Alchemy and silver

In ancient and medieval alchemy, silver was also the metal with an affinity corresponding to the moon, so many of the mystical properties of the moon also became associated with the metal (which would certainly explain its usefulness against werewolves). Unlike in post-Medieval works, many pre-Christian pagan mythologies also associated it with the Sun, and many solar deities are described with silver objects (like Saul's silver thread, Apollo's silver bow and arrows, or Amaterasu's silver mirror). Though ancient alchemists couldn't know it, silver does have a unique property among the elements — it exists in a naturally excited form — i.e., it has a single electron that exists in a higher energy level, leaving a gap in the shell immediately "below" it.

SILVER Or

STERLING SILVER

Have you been wondering about the difference between silver and sterling silver? Let’s dive into it.

The real difference that you’re going to find between silver and sterling silver is the amount of silver actually in them. Silver is just shy of 100%, coming in at 99.9% silver, while sterling silver only has 92.5% silver actually in it, and the rest is made up of a mixture of metals.




More than likely, you probably have jewelry that’s made of silver and sterling silver just sitting in your jewelry box. If that’s the case, you need to know which one is better. Comparing the two, sterling silver is actually better because it’s made up of a combination of metals that tends to make it a stronger choice.

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