Goldsmith designs masks using gold, silver threads in Coimbatore

Radhakrishnan Sundaram Acharya, the goldsmith, described that it takes seven days to complete one mask.

A Coimbatore-based goldsmith has designed masks using gold and silver threads.

The gold mask has been made using 18-carat gold which costs ₹2.75 lakh and the silver mask costs ₹15,000. (ANI)

Radhakrishnan Sundaram Acharya, who belongs to a family of goldsmiths, has designed the masks using 0.06 millimeters thin gold and silver threads. “The gold mask has been made using 18-carat gold which costs ₹2.75 lakh and the silver mask costs ₹15,000,” Acharya said.

Acharya told ANI that the main reason behind designing the mask is to create awareness about the need to wear these during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m aware that a common man cannot afford to wear these masks, but rich people can use them for royal weddings. So far, I have received nine orders, most of which are from north India,” he said.

He further added that it takes seven days to complete one mask.

According to Acharya, he has a craze for doing something different. Three years ago, he left his job at a jewelry manufacturing company and since then he is he’s designing various items of gold using thin metal threads. He designs a variety of apparel, handbags, umbrellas, among other things.