Place: Channapatna
Biography:
Varnam Crafts is a social enterprise that has been working with artisans in Channapatna, Karnataka in India, for more than four years. It has produced a series of designs intended to bring this 200-year-old toy-making craft into the home and lifestyle. Using traditional lac-turnery methods popularized by the traditional Channapatna toys range, the label produces home and lifestyle products, toys and jewelry.