Notes from
the workbench.
Stories about the craft, the city and the objects.
Journal · 16 October 2026Why Channapatna needs new design, not another rescue slogan
What design can do for Channapatna: respect the lathe, create specific objects and ask better questions about maker income, capacity and repeat work.Read it
Journal · 16 October 2026How a Channapatna piece is made, step by step
Follow a Channapatna piece from seasoned ivory wood to a turned shape, lac colour and leaf polish, with a clear distinction between craft and assembly.Read it
Journal · 16 October 2026Silk Board, explained for people who have never been stuck there
Understand the Bengaluru joke behind Silk Board: the ambitious ETA, the shared wait and Which Route, a commute dice that gives the situation a place on a desk.Read it
Journal · 16 October 2026What is Channapatna?
Channapatna is a place in Karnataka and a turned-wood craft. Meet the wood, the lac colour and the lathe behind The Gubbi’s first collection of desk objects.Read it
Journal · 16 October 2026Why we make nothing in plastic
Why The Gubbi chooses traditional Indian handcrafts for contemporary objects: material, making and a reason to keep something, without unsupported green claims.Read itJournal · 16 October 2026