As a part of the projects at 'NIFT Hyderabad';the craft documentation was an initiantive to learn the craft of making wooden toys and get a deeper insight into the life of craftsmen.The visit to a small town called Kondapalli in Andhra Pradesh where wooden toys are manufactured is documented below.

A craftswomen giving a colourful stroke the toys.

Intricate detialing in process on wooden toys.

 

The final products before packaging

A child enthusiastically welcomed us at the kondapalli village. 

The process of carving toys from wood.

Shape and forms developed out of raw wood.

The institution at kondapalli which handles the marketing and sales of the craft.

Dancing dolls crafted by the craftsmen of Kondapalli.

Families painting toys with vegetable dyes dedicatedly.