Wooden Toys - Sawantwadi
Coloring- The wooden toys are painted with vibrant colors to make them look attractive. Earlier craftsmen used natural colors extracted from fruits and vegetables and now it has opted to oil based colors as vegetable colors.
Different shades of colour powder are well mixed with wood primer and kept to settle for a while. Pieces of toys are fixed to the turning machine and painted with desired colour and kept to dry. Two colors are merged together and brushed with dry paint brush to get a smudge texture. Some toys are spray painted to save the time. All the toys painted with three coats of paints for long durability. When the paint is dried craftsmen paint the details like facial expression and outlines. Finally a coat of wood primer is applied on them to the wood from observing moisture and gives shine and luster to the final products. Women artisans are also involved in this work.
