Srinagar, India
Mugloo and Sons is a Kashmiri carpet maker at Mugloo House in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The company works entirely by hand without mechanisation, with around 40 artisans. Alongside carpets it makes papier mache, shawls and scarves. It is Sedex audited and has traded for over forty years.
Kashmiri hand knotted carpets, papier mache, shawls and scarves
Wall plates are made in Kashmiri paper mache from a pulp of recycled newspaper and rice straw, shaped with glue and gypsum and then hand painted. The company offers them as home decor pieces suitable for all occasions.
Photo frames are worked through the same four stage paper mache process, from pulp preparation and drying through shaping to hand painting and varnishing. The company offers them as home decor pieces for all occasions.
These lidded boxes are moulded in paper mache into animal forms, then painted by hand and sealed with varnish. The company lists them among its home decor pieces for all occasions.
Candle stands are made in paper mache and decorated by hand in the workshop's traditional Kashmiri style. Like the rest of the range they are made without mechanisation by the company's own artisans.
Kashmiri birds are hanging paper mache ornaments made in several designs, among them a blue tit. The company offers them for all occasions and carries them within its Christmas and Easter ranges.
Carpets are listed by Mugloo & Sons alongside its paper mache, scarves and Kashmiri traditional shawls. They are made by hand under the same fair trade norms the company applies across its production.