Afzal Handicrafts

You can find us in Barwalan, specifically down Gali No. 5. It is one of those old streets where everyone knows each other and the buildings are close together. At Afzal Handicrafts, the workspace is filled with the smell of wood and polish. We don’t have a big factory or automated machines that do the work for us. Most of what we do involves sitting on the floor or at low benches using hand tools that have been passed down or bought many years ago. There is always a fine layer of dust on everything, no matter how much we sweep up at the end of the day. It is a quiet kind of work compared to the big industrial shops. We spend hours on small details, just chipping away or sanding things down until they feel right to the touch. The light comes in through the front door, and we usually work until it gets too dark to see clearly inside the shop. The street outside is narrow, and you’ll often hear neighbors chatting or the sound of someone else working nearby in the lane. We aren't trying to be a big corporation with many branches. We are just a local handicraft shop in Barwalan making things the way we were taught by our elders. It takes time and patience, and that is just how the days go for us here.