Meenakari jewellery- An Ancient Art that defines Royalty

 In the field of jewellery making, designers are busy experimenting with designs of jewellery using new materials all the time. Jewellery-making is such an intriguing field. Meenakari artificial ring is such a creative and beautiful piece of work from our Indian craftsmen. Detail work of Kundan meenakari bangles is so beautiful which is the result of the experiment of our talented craftsmen. Even people love to experiment with different styles and designs of jewellery.

What is Meenakari?

Meenakari is the craftsmanship of engraving ornaments with colourful enamels. Such engraving is done on different types of metals such as brass, gold, silver and copper. The designs engraved in them include different god’s goddesses, animals, flowers, etc. the idea is to picture themes through designs on the jewellery. The colours used for the design look very beautiful and vibrant. Meenakari designs also come in customized imitation jewellery.

History of Meenakari Jewellery:-

The word meenakari originated from the word Meena, which is the feminine form of Minoo in Persian and it means heaven. The word Meena means the azure colour of heaven. Meenakari is the art of decorating the top surface of metals engraved with designs with beautiful vibrant colours. The art of meenakari was invented by the Iranian craftsmen during the Sassanid era and is spread by Mongols afterwards to India and other countries.

Gold is the preferred metal for meenakari work for ages because this metal has a better ability to hold the enamel. Because of its shine and colour gold enhances the beautiful art of meenakari and brings out the colours of enamel beautifully. After gold copper was used for making meenakari jewellery. You can find meenakari work mostly on a traditional Jewellery set.

Rajasthani meenakari design on bridal jewellery :-

Intricate and brilliant Rajasthani meenakari work on jewellery has great demand for bridal jewellery collections all over India. The beauty of this jewellery comes from the skill of detailed design of our Indian craftsmen which gives perfection to the design. Due to Raja Man Sing of Mewar, this art has gained its value in Jaipur in the 16th century, he was the patron of meenakari art. Every Rajasthani bride has a special place for meenakari bridal jewellery in their heart. Jaipur is called the hub of meenakari art.

Types of Meenakari Art:-

There are mainly two popular types of Meenakari art. First, “Ek rang khula” and the other type is “Panchrangi Meena” In “Ek rang khula” only one type of enamel colour is used to design jewellery. This technique is mostly used to design beautiful bridal jewellery.

In the “Panchrangi” technique five colours are used to design meenakari jewellery. Five colours include white, pale blue, dark blue, red and dark green. The use of these colours gives a beautiful vibrant look to the jewellery.

Meenakari work combined with Kundan gives amazing look to Indian bridal jewellery. From movie stars to normal brides their first choice nowadays is Meenakari Kundan jewellery.

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