LacTurnery at DakshinaChitra

Meet our craftsperson Zeenat Jahan from Jaipur, a place famous for lac turnery.The beauty and the workmanship of the lacquered wood work is demonstrated in lac bangles, bracelets and jewellery boxes.

The beautifully designed lac bangles in all possible shades of colours is eye catching. Watch Zeenat as she turns wood into round shapes of bangles or boxes and then lacquers them in bands of pure bright colours of the lac and transforms them into wonderful objects of your dreams.

In lac turnery, lac is not applied as a paint or coloured varnish, but in its dry state by means of heat generated by friction.