2020
NORLHA'S JOURNEY TO ORGANIC COTTON
As Norlha grows, it is important that we find partnerships that give us the opportunity to responsibly create the change we want to see in the worl...
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2020
LONDON CRAFT WEEK
We are honoured to be joining London Craft Week as part of their International offering.
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2019
B CORP CERTIFIED
We are proud to announce that Norlha has been officially awarded B Corp certification for social sustainability with a score of 125.2.
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2019
HANDMADE ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
Norlha is about the skill of artisans and precious raw materials. The men and women who spin, weave, felt, sew and knit were all nomads earlier in ...
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2018
OLD HANDS, NEW TOOLS
When we began planning Norlha in 2005, we knew that we could not rely on the traditional skills in spinning and weaving of the nomads we planned to...
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2018
MACHU LEARNING CURVE
When Dechen and her brother Genam set off to Amdo to buy yak wool in the summer of 2005, they had no idea what they were getting into, and neither ...
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2018
THE MANY HANDS OF NORLHA
Made by hand, handcrafted, are the words that describe a product that doesn’t come out of a machine. The label it carries heightens its value, thou...
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2018
FATHER & SON, CONTINUING TRADITION
In Nepal and India's traditional families, sons follow in their father’s steps and adopt their line of work. Panch Anand hails from a small village...
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2018
KNITTING AT NORLHA
In the old days, women spun, wove and sewed all their clothes and those of their family. They spun and wove sheep wool into blankets to dry cheese,...
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2018
A SPINNER AT NORLHA
Dolma Tso is one of Norlha’s top spinners. She began working eight years ago, and though most women who start off as spinners move on to other task...
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2018
NORLHA & NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Women play a crucial role in the nomad economy of the Tibetan Plateau along with the heavy burden that is put on them from the time they marry.
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2018
TIBETAN RUGS
Tibetan rugs are an ancient craft, practiced by the nomad/farmer communities in Central and Southern Tibet.
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