Textile
Our textile products like the Mandala buntings and yoga pillows are made in workshops affiliated with Sana Hastakala, an organisation that supports small-scale handicraft producers in Nepal. Sana Hastakala means ‘small handicrafts’ in Nepali. They guide women to becoming skilled producers and assist them with financial and technical support, training, and marketing.
Wooden block prints
Two workshops are involved in the making of our Mandala buntings.
In a sewing workshop skilled ladies cut the cotton, overlock the edges and stitch the flags around the cords. The sewing workshop provides employment opportunities for deaf women who often face challenges in finding work elsewhere.
The decoration is applied using wooden blocks; an age-old craft. This craft was dominated by men, but nowadays also women master it.
Handwoven fabrics
Our yoga pillows are made from handwoven fabrics. In a weaving workshop raw cotton is spun by hand in thick threads. These threads are used to weave fabrics in elaborate patterns.
The sewing workshop use the handwoven fabrics to make our yoga pillows. In The Netherlands the pillows are filled with buckwheat shells by a dutch reintegration organisation.
