HIMAL DESIGN
We love to create new patterns for
our Eco Friendly Fine Handmade
Papers. These natural papers are
good to use in Gift Wrappings,
Wedding Decoration, Thank You
Cards, Invitation and many more
Crafts and Arts projects.
Himal Design welcomes and greets
you to visit our Decorative
Handmade Paper Store.
MADE IN USA
We are so happy to see that you
have discovered our shop among all
of the gorgeous items web world
has to offer! Everything in our shop
is created the hard way...the hand-
made way!
Handmade products help
to preserve traditional
skills and techniques while
providing livelihood to
communities in need.
ECO PAPER
Nepalese handmade Lokta paper is
made from the fibrous inner bark of
high elevation evergreen shrubs
primarily from two species of
Daphne (plant) (Greek: meaning
"Laurel"): Daphne bholua and
Daphne papyracea, known
collectively and vernacularly as
Lokta bushes.
Lokta bushes proliferate in open
clusters or colonies on the southern
slopes of Nepal’s Himalayan forests
between 1,600 and 4,000 m
(5,250–13,000 ft).
Historically the handcrafting of lokta
paper occurred in the rural areas of
Nepal, most notably in the Baglung
District. Today raw lokta paper is
produced in more than 22 districts
in Nepal, but finished lokta paper
products are produced only in
Kathmandu Valley.
Lokta paper's durability and
resistance to tearing, humidity,
insects and mildew have
traditionally made lokta paper the
preferred choice for the recording
official government records and
sacred religious texts. Nowadays it is
exported all over the world to
decorate every way of life in modern
society!
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