The Elephant Head blog — lacquer turnery
Reviving a 200-year-old Toy Making Craft
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Last season, we worked in collaboration with Varnam Craft Collective, a multi-award winning social enterprise in India, to promote sustainable Christmas decorations, home accessories and gifts and therefore Introduce the 200-year-old traditional lac (short for lacquer) turnery craft to the UK. What truly inspired us to work with Varnam, are not only it's striking and aesthetically beautiful products, but this social enterprise's true dedication to preserving the traditional methods and materials employed in the craft of lac turnery and the efforts taken to provide employment for Channapatna artisans. History of Channapatna Toys Channapatna toys are a particular form of wooden toys (and dolls) that are manufactured in the town...