2018
FLOWER GARLANDS
Late Spring on the pasture is marked by the appearance of red and white clumps of Stellera Chamaejasme, or Ramarichok in Tibetan and attractive flo...
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2018
WOOL AND SHEEP
Sheep are the largest contingent of domesticated animal on the Tibetan plateau. It is said there are about 20,000 in the small village of Ritoma, o...
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2018
MENSWEAR IN TIBET
The chuba is the core of Tibetan men (and women)’s dress, a full length cross over robe tied with a sash.
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2018
NOMAD STEPPES
Enter the New Year with Nomad Steppes, Norlha’s wildest, warmest weave. Like the expanse of Steppe on the Plateau, home to an endless variation of ...
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2017
SNOW DAYS AT NORLHA
The signs of winter on the Tibetan Plateau cling fast; the earliest snow can come at the end of September, the latest in June. Though they bring a ...
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2017
THE WHITE YAK
Yaks are usually associated with dark colors; I even coined one called ‘Yak Black’. A herd of yaks from the distance is a splatter of black dots on...
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2017
SPINNING AT NORLHA
Spinning is a natural activity in most pastoral cultures. Tibetan nomads live among sheep and yak, and have spun and woven their animal’s wool and ...
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2017
NORLHA's 10TH ANNIVERSARY
An anniversary makes us look back and take measure of where we are now versus what we were then.
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2017
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF WINTER
In early September, the bright green of the pasture begins to fade into ochre, then yellow. Soon, all that is left of the intensity of summer and t...
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2017
SONAM COLLECTION - MEET THE MAKERS
Since 2007, Norlha has been generating employment for the small nomadic community of Ritoma, on the Tibetan Plateau.
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