Beyond the Loom
The People Who Crafted Rugs in Kathmandu
Narendra Shrestha with Ryan Higgins
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Description
This book documents the lives of the weavers making Tamarian’s rugs in Kathmandu over eight days in July 2023.
Award-winning photographer Narendra Shrestha’s brief was to document all the processes of rug making, focusing on the human element. In these photos, we see the joy found in the everyday, the exquisite and labour-intensive art that is weaving, and the ancient blending seamlessly with the modern.
About the Author
Narendra Shrestha is an award-winning Nepali photojournalist who has spent 26 years photographing Nepal through revolution, earthquake and uprising. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, and National Geographic along the way.
Ryan Higgins is the owner of Tamarian, a US-based company known for handmade rugs knotted in the Tibetan tradition. He works closely with weaving communities in Kathmandu and is a long-standing partner of Label STEP, the international organisation supporting fair conditions for rug weavers.
