The woodcraft industries of Nepal, like those in many other developing countries, are made up of many small, family-owned woodcrafting businesses which may employ a handful of workers to assist them. And like the woodcraft industries in other parts of Asia–the Phillipines and India in particular–the Nepalese woodcraft industries are experiencing rapidly growing local and foreign demands for their products.
Most of the Nepalese woodcrafting industries today, however, have broken away from their centuries-old traditions of supplying magnificent pieces of religious and architectural artworks to meet the needs tourist seeking collectible small items like mirrors or miniature statures. But one of the woodcrafting industries in Nepal, although a small one, is still focused on restoration of the woodwork in the ancient cities of Katmandu, Lalitpur, and Khaktapur. Many Nepalese moastaries and temples are in need of new carved wooden windows, doors, and interior beams.
Lalitpur, in fact, is a region known for its woodcraft industries, with over three hundred woodcrafting families in Bungamati alone. The very best of the Lalitpur woodcrafters are famous for...
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