| oodcraft industries of Nepal, like those in many other | | | | industries are smaller pieces like frames, trivets, and |
| developing countries, are made up of many small, | | | | miniature statues. |
| family-owned woodcrafting businesses which may | | | | Many artisans working in the Nepalese woodcraft |
| employ a handful of workers to assist them. And like | | | | industries have only basic tools, producing pieces which |
| the woodcraft industries in other parts of Asia--the | | | | are very fragile and difficult to ship, but those artisans |
| Phillipines and India in particular--the Nepalese | | | | are being helped by the Nepalese Handicraft |
| woodcraft industries are experiencing rapidly growing | | | | Association and the Nepalese government, which is |
| local and foreign demands for their products. | | | | trying to bolster the country’s woodcraft |
| Most of the Nepalese woodcrafting industries today, | | | | industries with a training program for novice |
| however, have broken away from their centuries-old | | | | woodworkers. |
| traditions of supplying magnificent pieces of religious | | | | The Ancient Art Of Woodcrafting |
| and architectural artworks to meet the needs tourist | | | | The Nepalese woodcraft industries are just one |
| seeking collectible small items like mirrors or miniature | | | | example of how the ancient art of woodcrafting has |
| statures. But one of the woodcrafting industries in | | | | been survive through the centuries; people will still place |
| Nepal, although a small one, is still focused on | | | | a higher value on a handmade piece of wooden |
| restoration of the woodwork in the ancient cities of | | | | furniture than a factory-built one; and decorative |
| Katmandu, Lalitpur, and Khaktapur. Many Nepalese | | | | wooden pieces are as popular as ever. The |
| moastaries and temples are in need of new carved | | | | fragrances of sandalwood or cedar chests are lodged |
| wooden windows, doors, and interior beams. | | | | in millions of memories, and a well-cared for piece of |
| Lalitpur, in fact, is a region known for its woodcraft | | | | antique wooden furniture with its trademark patina is |
| industries, with over three hundred woodcrafting | | | | one of the most highly desired collectibles. For more |
| families in Bungamati alone. The very best of the | | | | info see on Woodcraft Furniture. |
| Lalitpur woodcrafters are famous for understanding | | | | The earliest of humankind’s shelters were of |
| the characteristics, like fragrance, color, and malleability, | | | | stone, earth, and wood. Wood has kept us warm of |
| of the various woods available to them, and can | | | | millennia, and has been shaped into the forms of our |
| produce highly-prized woodcraft statues. But the | | | | gods and goddesses through countless generations. |
| market for work of that quality is limited, and the vast | | | | The woodcraft industries in Nepal and other ancient |
| majority of pieces from the Nepalese woodcraft | | | | countries are, and will remain, timeless. |