Xuela Paper: Plant Fibres, Family Work and a New Generation
Papermaker Gesang Denzin’s workshop in Nyemo turns prepared roots into sheets, while notebooks, lamps and cultivation trials extend the craft’s possibilities.
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River Water and Incense Paste at Thonpa
In Nyemo’s Thunda village, watermills reveal how a local river enters the preparation of incense ingredients.
Pusong Woodcarving: A Family Skill Finds New Forms
In Nyemo, carvers apply inherited cutting skills to printing, decorative objects and customised designs, while training another generation.
Nyemo’s Three Crafts: Fragrance, Paper and Carved Wood
Across Nyemo, water-powered incense mills, Xuela papermaking and Pusong woodcarving connect different villages through skilled handwork.
Tenzin Chodzha’s Incense: From Learning Ingredients to Teaching Others
A Nyemo maker’s career connects childhood apprenticeship, a Lhasa workshop and new forms of incense made for changing everyday uses.