From an ethical perspective our philosophy begins with a set of core values which involves visiting local workshops who have excelled in their design spirit, showing consistent quality of work and using environmentally friendly materials.
Championing Local Design, Material and Environment
Every year we visit local workshops which have excelled in their design spirit, consistent
quality of work using environmentally friendly materials. Creating products that are in
harmony with Nepal’s culture and environment, materials and traditional wisdom. We
aim to incorporate ideas across our product collections.
Designed in collaboration
We honor local talented artists who’s paintings we have showcased in our flagship store. Himalayan Atelier is delighted to present a group of artworks from selected local artists. They all share a theme of representing Nepal through various styles and approaches.
Source of Materials
Product lines and packaging are designed by local artists using ecological materials and
are all made in Nepal by local artisans. Felt baubles on our packaging are made from
wool which are hand rolled by women around the valley. Our fabrics are where possible
naturally dyed, using seeds and minerals local to Nepal. Waste fabric is sent back from
our stores back to the workshops to be reused as our perfumed sachet covers.
Our Loktha stationary is made from the sustainably harvested bark of the forest under
growth called Loktha, which is native to Nepal. The Loktha or Nepali Kaagaz has been
used by the Nepalese people since time immemorial. Made from the bark of the plant, it
has traditionally been used in manuscripts while preparing legal documents. Loktha
paper’s wonderful durability and resistance to tearing, humidity, mildew and insects have
traditionally made Loktha paper the referred choice for recoding official government
records, sacred religious texts and historically all forms of identification.
In the Wild Crafted Collection we bring to you the treasures of nature from the forests
and plains of Nepal in line with our conservation efforts. Such as our pure bees wax
candles which have been hand poured with hand braided cotton wick, infused with
natural essential oils. Buying pure beeswax candles helps in sustaining our local bee
farms. These come with containers made from the famous red clay of Nepal (sold
separately).
A community of women come together to re-use newspapers to make our re-cycled
paper pencils. We take pride in buying from the ingenious women who have created
on their own, these wonderful alternative to wooden pencils.