In Kashmir the Chinar trees are considered one of the region's natural treasures. The Chinar leaf design is hand painted on this set of two containers by artisans with disabilities in an organisation called Care Kashmir.

The set includes a wooden box with a lid and a papier- mache pen pen/brush stand. They will fit well on either a dressing table or desk for personal items.and make-up brushes or office bits and bobs.

Use them with joy knowing that they are fair trade and are helping to keep artisans with disabilities gainfully employed in Kashmir. Let us keep the old crafts alive. To know more about Care Kashmir see below.

Code: 2316417

Size: Pen stand 6.5x10cm; Box 9.5x8.5x8.5cm

Material: paper pulp, wood, water based poster paints tested as safe. Water based varnish.

Care: Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

FOB Price: US$ 5.40 Euro 4.72

Care Kashmir
The members of Care Kashmir are practicing the traditional craft of papier-mâché and leather work using traditional crewel and Aari embroidery for decoration. Each craftsman is an artist either with brush or needle.

Papier-mâché and leather work using crewel and Aari embroidery for decoration are traditional crafts in Kashmir. The artisans of Care Kashmir paint and embroider the beauty of their natural surroundings into boxes, trays, Christmas decorations and suede leather bags.
All the papier-mâché products are made from paper paste set into moulds, dried and then smoothed for painting by hand using fine brushes and safe paints. In the cold days of winter thousands of little painted products may be laid out before gas heaters to dry in the frigid air each one a testimony to the skills of the artists.
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