Colours of Bhutan is a slow textile studio based in Thimphu, focusing on creating all natural and ethical home textiles. We use local yarns produced in small batches from rural communities and work with home-based weavers across urban Bhutan. We grow plants and herbs and dye the yarns to create products using only local, natural and renewable materials.
Our designs are simple with delicate handstitched details, soft natural dyed colors with a contemporary feel. It reflects and celebrates slow and sustainable living.
We believe contemporary design should not sacrifice social responsibility and We ensure that our products reflect these good values.
In our small ways we aim to contribute to achieving Gyelyong Gaki Pelzom, Gross National Happiness, a development philosophy that also values environmental protection and encourages people to live and work in balance with the natural world.
About the Maker
Wangchuk Lhamo is a young and upcoming textile designer. She is well informed and highly skilled in traditional ways and contemporary methods of natural dyeing and passionately practices slow back-strap zero waste weaving in her studio based in Thimphu. Born and brought up in a small village in eastern Bhutan, she was introduced to the crafts since her childhood days as it was a tradition and a part of daily life in the village, winding yarns into balls and collecting madder roots from the nearby forest was a daily chore she enjoyed growing up. She is inspired by the wonders of nature and shares a deep love for colors and crafts. Blending tradition into modern aesthetic her designs are simple but elegant. she uses 100 % natural dyes on locally sourced hand spun yarns, such as wool on nettle, cotton and silk to create high quality home textiles. Her works has been awarded certificates of national excellence quality and recognized as happily and sustainably made in Bhutan.
