Meet Our Master Artisans

The Artisan Training Workshop held by Tibetan Handicraft and Paper was a 10 day program for skill development as well as capacity building in local women and artisans from rural areas. Held from 6th February, the training covered the complete Lokta paper-making process, starting from preparing the raw Lokta bark to making and grading theContinue reading “Artisan Training Workshop”

One of the oldest surviving paper documents found in Nepal, is a Lokta paper document of sacred Buddhist text, the Karanya Buha Sutra. Estimated to be between 1,000 and 1,900 years old, it is now housed in Nepal’s National Archives, Kathmandu and is testament to the strength and durability of Lokta paper.  It is alsoContinue reading “The Ancient Art of Lokta Paper Making”