Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair Animals of the Sky A braid of sterling strands

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Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair Animals of the Sky A braid of sterling strandsNantana 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