Wooden elephant
Carved thick on purpose — legs a child cannot snap off.
$34
Wooden stacking rings
$52
Turned on the same lathe as the bangles, in the same four colours.
Materials & dimensions
- Kaduru wood
- Natural lac in four colours
14 × 18 × 14 cm · 420 g
Care
Damp cloth, dried straight away. Never soak. Keep it off a hot windowsill — lac softens in direct heat. Suitable from about ten months; all five rings are above the small-parts threshold.
Shipping & duties
Standard $39
Express $74.10
North America · 420 g
Free standard shipping over $250.
Import duties and taxes are set by United States, not by us. They are not included above, and your carrier collects them on delivery.
The story
Sunil makes these on the lathe he uses for bangles, in the four lac colours he works in: the natural red of the resin, black from lamp soot, yellow from gamboge, and the green he mixes and will not discuss. Lac is a natural resin and it is laid on by friction, with no solvent and nothing added afterwards, which is why it is an acceptable finish for a toy that will be chewed.
The post is rounded at the top and set into a wide base so the whole thing cannot tip when a child leans on it. The rings have a deliberate amount of slop — a ring that needs to be aimed precisely is a ring a two-year-old will throw across the room.
Five rings. Traditionally there would be seven, but the two smallest in a seven-ring set fall inside the range a small child can choke on, so we do not make them.
Sunil Wijesuriya
Matale, Central Province · working since 1994
