IRON WORK is a recent phenomenon in this region; most of the production caters to the export market and is executed by artisans from nearby villages and those who come from Orissa and Bihar. Depending on the design and nature of the product, the iron rods or sheets are cut to size with the aid of power press machines. As the beauty of the product is dependent on the grace of the curvature given to the rods, this stage of the process is executed by skilled artisans alone; the metal rods are heated with a blower until malleable and then bent into the desired shape. Each decorative element is then individually hammered until they are precisely alike and the components of the product are assembled through welding. The excess metal is ground and then finished with paint and given an antique finish or coated with zinc powder making it look like white metal.