Toy Lorry - Channapatna

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Treat your kids with the goodness of handcrafted Channapatna toys. The Toy Lorry Channapatna is a beautiful example of the intriguing and delightful products that are manufactured using the Channapatna techniques. It resembles a real-time lorry vehicle with a charming framework. The highlights of this toy lorry are the wheels and it can actually move back and forth. The colours used are natural dyes extracted from vegetables and naturally found materials. Moreover, the ivory softwood used to handcraft this product is non-toxic in nature which makes it safer for your kids of aged 3 and more years to play with. Add it to your own vintage toy collection or make your children enjoy the best of the handicraft toys and that too the ones wherein the beauty of the Channapatna art lies.

About Channapatna Art

The wooden toys manufactured in the Channapatna or the toy-town of Karnataka are popularly known as Channapatna toys. It is a proper particular form of art practised in the southern state and is been preserved as a geographical indication (GI) under the norms of the World Trade Organization. A typical type of wood from the Wrightia Tinctoria tree, also known as Aale Mara or ivory wood, is used in the making of the Channapatna toys. This wood is light in weight and closely grained so that it is easy to work with. It is easy to cut, process and finish and the artisans can find the wood in abundance as the tree is abundantly found in the geographical area.

Right from procuring the wood to its pruning, seasoning and colouring, the expert Channapatna craftsmen use handicraft skills that are pure, crude and raw. Final polishing of the product and the dyeing is done using naturally found colours or vegetable dyes based on the likes and preferences of the artisans. The Channapatna toy industry is in great demand today. Although, a decade ago it faced an intense competition from the Chinese market, Channapatna toy industry is now back on its feet and enjoying great reception worldwide. Most of the products are exported to USA, UK and Europe.