Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

2016

NORLHA IN LHASA

2016

NORLHA IN LHASA

Not yet ten years old, Norlha has become a sustainable enterprise. More than a concept it's a philosophy reflected by an impressive range of products.

2016

NOMAD CROSSROADS

Autumn, the crossroad between summer and winter, is the time to harvest oats. Surrounding the local nomads winter houses are oat fields planted to ...

2016

THE GUARD HOUSE

As Norlha grew, the small, original buildings that had been built on a low budget around the interior of the south wall were replaced with better b...

2016

DINNER ON THE PLATEAU

My parents loved beautiful tableware. I inherited dozens of tablecloths, tea and coffee cups, dishes which my father hand painted, silver platters ...

2016

FUN AND GAMES

The 15th rule in Norlha’s rule book clearly states, “No playing within the walls of the atelier.”

2016

NORLHA CARPETS

Norlha’s Carpet Project began in June 2016. The training workshop is situated in Labrang, with twelve trainees from Choni and Labrang, and two trai...

2016

THE YETI'S OF NORLHA

Nomads on the Tibetan Plateau know yetis and are quite sure that, unlike wolves and the legends that spread in the West, they will not snatch their...

2016

THE ALPINE CHOUGH

Ritoma resounds with the cawking of black birds that flutter on the grassland and compete with pigeons for nesting spots between the beams of houses.

2016

THE NOMAD MARKET

The market economy slowly crept onto the plateau in the '90s as markets began to explode in China. In the old days, goods were scarce and hard to c...

2016

TRAINING IN NEPAL

After completing their training in Cambodia in January 2007, the Norlha team moved on to Nepal. In Cambodia they had learned silk weaving, in Nepal...

2016

FIRE OFFERINGS

Several times a year monks from the monastery in Ritoma are invited to Norlha to conduct rituals. These vary according to need; usually, a divinati...

2016

TIBETAN TRAVEL GEAR

Before roads, cars and trucks, and in spite of its remoteness, Tibet was very much a land of travel.

2016

TREE PLANTING AT NORLHA

In the spring of 2009, the initial building of the workshop had been completed for over a year, and it was time to embellish the surroundings. We d...