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[[File:Kinnal toys, Karnataka.jpeg|thumb|Kinnal toys]]

'''Kinnal Craft''' or '''Kinhal Craft''' ({{Lang-kn | ಕಿನ್ನಾಳ ಕಲೆ }}), is a traditional wooden [[craft]] local to the town of [[Kinhal]], or [[Kinnal]], in [[Koppal District]], [[North Karnataka]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowkinnalcraft.org/html/kc_background.html |title=Kinnal Craft |publisher=Glasgow Kinnal Project |accessdate=16 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128105952/http://www.glasgowkinnalcraft.org/html/kc_background.html |archivedate=28 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff|date=19 January 2013|title=Reviving Kinnala art|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/reviving-kinnala-art/article4322206.ece}}</ref>

The town is famous for Kinhal toys and religious idols. Recently this Craft has been granted [[Geographical Indication]] and its GI Application number is 213*.

==History==
Kinhal was once a flourishing centre for crafts, the most well-known being carvings in wood. The famous mural paintings in the Pampapateshwara Temple, and the intricate work on the wooden chariot at [[Hampi]], are said to be the work of the ancestors of the Kinhal artisans of today.{{citation needed|date=August 2008}} Old paper tracings found in the ancestral house of one of the artisans further substantiates this belief.

In 2007, students from the [[University of Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow School of Art]] in collaboration with the Crafts Council of Karnataka, facilitated a project with local students and craftsmen, in an attempt to revive the Kinhal craft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craftscouncilofindia.org/images/newsletterJan2008.pdf |title=Kinhal Toys – Training Project |publisher=Crafts Council of India |accessdate=14 August 2008 |pages=24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424012905/http://www.craftscouncilofindia.org/images/newsletterJan2008.pdf |archivedate=24 April 2009 }}</ref>

==Method==

The artisans are called ''chitragara''. Lightweight wood is used for the toys. The paste used for joining the various parts is made of [[tamarind]] seeds and pebbles. [[Jute]] rags, soaked, slivered into pieces, dried, powdered, and mixed with saw dust and tamarind seed paste is made into ''kitta''. A mixture of pebble powder paste with liquid gum is used for embossing the ornamentation and jewellery on the body of the figure. Once the components of the figure are assembled, ''kitta'' is applied by hand all over, and small pieces of cotton are stuck on it with the tamarind paste. Over this is applied the pebble paste which forms the base for the application of paint.

Previously, toys depicting people involved in various occupations were popular; now the preference is for figures, animals, and birds. [[Garuda]], the epic bird, has 12 components while Lord [[Ganesha]] on a throne has 22 components. The styling is realistic and the designing and chiselling has a master touch. In the festival season, clay toys and images are made, often out of cowdung and sawdust.

==See also==
*[[Channapatna toys]]
*[[Navalgund Durries]]
*[[Dharwad pedha]]
*[[Udupi Mattu Gulla]]
*[[Bidriware]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531054439/http://www.glasgowkinnalcraft.org/index.html The Glasgow Kinnal Project – no longer valid]
*[http://issuu.com/feeschmidt-soltau/docs/kinnal-craft Book about the Kinhal Craft produced by Scottish team]
* [Form GI-1 of Application No. 213 available at https://web.archive.org/web/20150320221220/http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/GirPublic/ViewApplicationDetails.aspx?AppNo=20&Index=0]

[[Category:Indian woodwork]]
[[Category:Culture of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Wooden sculptures]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Karnataka]]

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