At our store in Carlton you can now find a selection of hand-made dolls that have very special significance.

In Dharamsala, northern India, a small group of Tibetan refugees have employment thanks to the work of a German artist with a passionate interest in the Tibetan community. Mona Bruchmann established the workshop in order to provide jobs that were flexible, secure and rewarding for women who have had very little formal education.

They come in a variety of beautiful traditional costume, with beaded hair and delicately stitched eyes and lips.

The smaller dolls, at $32.95, are created in the Steiner tradition with very few facial features, the idea being that the child supplies the imaginative details. Both dolls come in girl and boy variety.

Her aim goes far beyond a maximum profit. She’d prefer to call it ‘the maximum quality of the whole creation process’. Readings shares her sentiment and we’re proud to stock these unique dolls.

[[emily-gale-staff-pic]] Emily Gale