Wild Hemp Camera Bag; Padded waterproof inside lining

Made from wild Nepali hemp with an inside waterproof lining.

• Comes with detachable padded lens bag
• The main compartment is fully padded
• Handy pockets and compartments
• Adjustable & detachable strap

MEASUREMENTS

Main compartment:  (H) 32cm (W) 17cm (D) 12cm

Detachable Lens Bag (H) 19cm (W) 12cm (D) 12cm

THE PROCESS To make this special bag the hemp yarn has been drawn by tooth and spindle method, where the fibres are separated by teeth and is held on to a hand held spindle. It takes 10 days' work to make one kilogramme of yarn. After the end of the rainy season villagers leave their farms to gather hemp, the plants are cut above the ground without disturbing the soil. The plants then grows back with the next rains. The fibrous inner bark is stripped from the plant and boiled in water and wood ash for about three hours and then left to simmer overnight. The plant material can then be beaten and the fibre removed. It is then rubbed with soil containing mica, which lubricates the yarn and makes separating and spinning the fibres easier. The fibre is dried in the sun and teased and is ready for spinning. This is done using a hand spindle indoors. When the weather no longer permits anyone to work outside in the fields then time is spent sitting indoors and making yarn. The hemp cloth is then woven on a backstrap loom. The yarn and cloth are bought directly from the producers in remote villages in the foothills of the Nepali Himalayas for a fair price.

Help support handicrafter's of Nepal and fight poverty by purchasing from Heaven Hemp, a Nepali & British owned company where we value sustainability, earth friendly practices and trading fairly and ethically. 

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