Borsola Looms And Weavers Artisan Producer Company Limited

Borsola Looms And Weavers Artisan Producer Company Limited is located in Borjhar village. We are run by Hemanta Kumar Adhikari and a group of local artisans. We are right in the P.O. Borsola area. Most of the people here have been weaving since they were very young. It’s a skill that gets passed down from mother to daughter and father to son. We work on traditional handlooms. They make a lot of noise when you are using them, a rhythmic thumping that you can hear from the street. We aren't a factory. Every house has a loom or two. We got together as a company so we could buy yarn at a better price and maybe find more places to sell our cloth. The designs are things we’ve known forever. We don't follow the big fashion trends from the cities. We just make what we know is good and strong. Sometimes the orders are slow and we have to wait a long time to get paid. It’s a struggle sometimes to keep the younger people interested in weaving because it takes so much patience. Our office is just a small room filled with bundles of thread and finished towels or shawls. It smells like cotton and old wood. We are just simple people trying to keep our craft alive in a world that moves too fast. We don't need much, just enough to keep the looms moving.