Hand-operated silver rolling machine In the course of research into why the traditional craft economy, despite being a key medium through which Sinhala nationalism is expressed, was not lifted with the rising tide of nationalism and its related economy, I have been interviewing brassware producers and silversmiths as two case studies. My visit to Thalathuoya… Continue reading “One day, nobody will even ask about us”: The obsolete silversmiths of Kandy by Hasini Lecamwasam
