Bardia Jewels

Our office is at B 97 Anandpuri on Moti Doongri Road. It’s a nice enough area and it’s a bit quieter than the main markets downtown. We work on jewelry here at Bardia Jewels, mostly focusing on the designs and the stones themselves. It’s not a huge operation, just a few of us sitting around a table with our tools and lamps. We have a lot of loose stones in small paper packets that we sort through. The sun comes in through the window in the afternoon and makes everything bright. We spend a lot of time drawing out ideas on paper before we even touch any metal. It is a slow process and you can’t really hurry it up if you want it done right. Moti Doongri Road has its share of traffic but our corner in Anandpuri stays fairly calm most of the time. We have some tea and snacks delivered around four o’clock every day. It’s a good way to take a break and stretch. We don't really have a big sign outside. Most people who come here already know us or have been told by someone else where to find us. The walls are covered with some old photos and some sketches we liked from years ago. We just try to keep things organized so we don't lose any of the small pieces. It’s a steady job and we like the creative part of it. We just show up every day and do what we can.