ARKA

This wood and lac turnery of Etikoppaka is a two hundred years old craft from the production cluster of Visakhapatnam district. It is made of seasoned wood from Wrightia Tinctoria tree. ARKA meaning SUN in Sanskrit (artist's inspiration from Sun & its diverse colour combinations), is evolved in circular shape on a lathe and further painted with tree-based colours and coated with Lac. The mounting of this knob's details are given along with the hardware (screws, nuts and end caps).