D'source Design Gallery on Channapatna, Toy Town

Design Gallery

Channapatna, Toy Town

Halewood stock in Brihadeeswara Arts and Crafts factory.
Production unit at Brihadeeswara art and craft factory.
Production unit at Brihadeeswara art and craft factory.
Shaping a wooden yo yo on the power lathe.
Using colored lacquer for imparting long lasting color.
Finishing for a smooth shiny surface.
Tower of Hanoi (educational toy).
Wooden vase (warli artform from maharashtra).
Wooden Bangles.
View of sound and light show in the night.
Traditional game made in wood.
Custom order production unit where each unit is hand painted.

Halewood stock in Brihadeeswara Arts and Crafts factory.	Production unit at Brihadeeswara art and craft factory.	Production unit at Brihadeeswara art and craft factory.	Shaping a wooden yo yo on the power lathe.	Using colored lacquer for imparting long lasting color.	Finishing for a smooth shiny surface.
Tower of Hanoi (educational toy).	Wooden vase (warli artform from maharashtra).	Wooden Bangles.	View of sound and light show in the night.	Traditional game made in wood.	Custom order production unit where each unit is hand painted.

Channapatna is known as toy-town of Karnataka. Channapatna toys are a particular form of wooden toys and dolls that are manufactured in the town of Channapatna, 60k.m. from Bangalore, India. This traditional craft is protected as a geographical indication (GI) under the World Trade Organization, administered by the Government of Karnataka. Traditionally, the work involved lacquering the wood of the Wrightia tinctoria tree, colloquially called ivory-wood.