Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair Anchalika Chamnan Working with local Balinese artisans

Working with local Balinese artisans

with a beautifully crafted Buddha Knot design from Matr Boomie

in this beautiful necklace by artisan Alok Jain

sustainable jewelry and elegant

Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair Anchalika Chamnan Working with local Balinese artisansNantana Sompamitre creates this pair of delightful boxes by carving mango wood into spheres. A violet motif adorns their smooth, lacquered surfaces. Sompamitre carves the desired shape and coats it with lacquer. Once dried it is polished, and another coat is applied up to twenty times before as many six coats of pure lacquer are present. The final layer is polished with powdered fired clay. Then the motifs are etched with a technique called lai kad