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Channapatna Lacquered Toys — Cover

About Channapatna Lacquered Toys

Channapatna lacquered toys are GI-tagged lac-turnery from Ramanagara, Karnataka, where kharadi artisans lathe-turn soft ivory-wood and fuse glossy coloured lac to the spinning form by friction. Every hue is a natural vegetable dye — turmeric yellow, indigo blue, annatto red-orange, katha brown — sealed under a high-gloss lacquer sheen.

This design system translates that craft into the screen: a deep glossy cherry-red lac ground, concentric colour-bands of turmeric and indigo, rounded full-radius forms, and warm, friendly rounded display type that carries the playful spirit of stacked turned toys.

Learn more about the Channapatna Lacquered Toys style

Origin
South Asia — Channapatna, Ramanagara district, Karnataka, India
Era
1950–1990 (long-running GI craft; this window for the studied production)
Key figures
Channapatna kharadi lac-turners (anonymous artisans) · GI-craft cooperatives
Movements
Karnataka lac-turnery · Vegetable-dye lacquered wooden-toy tradition

Channapatna Lacquered Toys design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
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Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

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QuicksandBody
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