To strengthen the traditional local knowledge of making vegetative dyes innovator has developed new tools & techniques for increasing shelf life of the dyes. Raju’s experiments have resulted in many new woodware with imparted with vegetable dyes for which market is slowly emerging in India and abroad.

Etikay Exclusives – a feast to the eyes – are stunningly colorful wood lacquer ware from Padmavathi Associates of Etikoppaka, a small village near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Product portfolio covers toys, decorative items and utilitarian items.