Aura Que

*DAY 3* All about our Jewellery range! AURA QUE products are individually handcrafted and the unique story behind each AURA QUE product enhances its charm! ✨Our recycled glass beads jewellery is handmade by a team of Nepalese women who take the work home to complete around their family commitments, giving them more flexibility with their work. ✨Our Brass Jewellery is cut, assembled and polished at the jewellery workshop at a World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)certified colle...ctive in Kathmandu. ✨Our brass jewellery uses only nickel-free findings & the JANGALI recycled glass necklaces are made with macrame cotton thread - being long enough to put on without needing a fastening. ✨Laura enjoyed a cup of lassi on a very hot day with the artisans who make our new brass jewellery capsule range....read more on her most recent blog post!
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*DAY 2* All about our Dhaka range! AURA QUE products are individually handcrafted and the unique story behind each AURA QUE product enhances its charm! 🌺Dhaka is a beautiful handwoven fabric from Nepal, with infinite colour and pattern possibilities! 🌺It was traditionally handwoven on wooden looms in Palpa and the hilly areas of Eastern Nepal, passed down from one generation to the next. 🌺Due to the labour intensive nature of this handwoven fabric, we try to use this mate...rial in a considered way within our designs to reduce wastage and have the most impact for our customers for cost-effective products. 🌺Laura has designed a gorgeous selection of bright dhaka accessories, check out the DHILO purse, NARAM make up bag, CAMKU pencil case, SAJI throw and MORE...all online to buy direct with us on our webshop or click on images below.
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*DAY 1* - All about *ceramics* We wanted to give you some background behind the designs Laura has made for the next few days. AURA QUE products are individually handcrafted and the unique story behind each AURA QUE product enhances its charm! ☕️All our stoneware ceramics pieces are unique, made by hand on the potter's wheel from a mix of local clay, with any hand-carved pattern added before each piece dries in the sun, and then glazed at high temperatures in large ovens. ☕️The workshop is near Bhaktapur, run as a family business by two brothers, Santa and Laxmi. ☕️Handmade within a World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) certified collective in Kathmandu. ☕️And did you know that they are dishwasher and microwave safe!! Yay!😆

On a wet and rainy Friday like this one, there's nothing better than hearing such lovely things about Laura's lovely designs! Here is one of our favourite stockists The Eel Catcher's Daughter posting some gorgeous pics of their new delivery! It's always nice to see our stock on display in these lovely shops! 🙌 Enjoy selling these Helen and team! AND to everyone else, If you're in Ely at the weekend, do pop in!! 😀

🌺The American Museum & Gardens are celebrating Fathers Day this Sunday! Keep an eye out on their website for more details and when you visit, check out their gorgeous gift shop with our AURA QUE accessories made with Kaffe Fasset fabric (which happen to be made in a World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) certified workshop in Vietnam). 🌺

We are enjoying Laura being back from Nepal, bringing back with her a flurry of new designs, samples, ideas and lovely stories from meeting her producers - and oh, the amazing food!! Read her new blog post, on the website now, she packed HEAPS into this trip!: http://tiny.cc/3kqx7y

Did someone say Fathers Day? How about a beautifully hand crafted AURA QUE pen? ✒️The MORLEY fountain pen is a beautiful hand-turned and polished pen in recycled whisky barrel wood, a sturdy design with medium nib - makes an excellent gift. 🖋The EMLEY ballpoint pen is same design, ALSO in recycled whisky barrel wood, with a twist mechanism. ✒️Handcrafted, turned and polished by Martin in his small woodturning workshop in West Yorkshire. 🖋Your choice of a Chrome or Gold finish. These would be a lovely Fathers day gift, together with the AINA leather pencil case. Click on images to find out more!

AURA QUE offers many unisex accessories and make great gifts for Fathers Day🎁... so if you're looking for an ethical choice for the 16th June, then look no further. Belts, wallets, scarfs and the beautifully hand-made Pens would be our suggestion:-)... but TODAY is all about the leather items we stock....And see Rizal making the brass buckles, by hand. 💙Our leather is sourced from a small family tannery in Kolkata and road-freighted to Kathmandu, to be used for all our leathe...r and suede products; all chemicals used in the process are contained and reprocessed within the water treatment facility on site. 💙Unless otherwise specified, our leather products are handcrafted with unlined leather and finished with antique brass fittings. 💙Handcrafted by a small artisan workshop in Kathmandu. 💙They employ several members of staff who they have trained in leatherwork skills, with owner BJ producing the patterns himself, as well as making and coordinating the workshop productions.
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💪The strong and beautiful PYARO bag. Made with heavy cotton Dhaka fabric, this is a durable bag with a *timeless* style. Read all about how our Dhaka fabric is created here in Laura's blog: https://www.auraque.com/blogs/news/dhaka- weaving. ***Handmade by artisans within a World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) certified collective in Kathmandu. These bags are stitched in the WFTO member workshop which employs over 25 women, giving them opportunities through work. The worksho...p employs several deaf women who communicate with the production manager using sign language.*** Definitely a bag to beat the Monday blues!😉
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What a stunning picture Dunlin & Diver posted! It makes me want to run to the train station now and visit beautiful Deal. If you're ever in the area, do pop in to dunlindiver who support smaller designers and makers - like us! #regram

Did you know it was 66 years today that Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first people to summit Everest in 1953? In contrast, this year the Nepali government issued the highest number of climbing permits, and last week, over 200 people summited the great Mount Everest in one day, with queues to the summit at perilous high altitude... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Xzrh6co X0

Making Notebooks with Bharat.... Laura had a go at making a few VISTA notebooks in the workshop last time she was there, read more on the blog on our website....we love the different colour options AND gorgeous himalayan inspired print design. On our webshop in A5 and A6 size.

🤫We sometimes have a few items on SALE on our website but we don't like to shout about it.... so just so you know, check out these wash-bags and totes, all on SALE now and ready to go out to you for your next weekend away, holiday, laptop bag, groceries or your make-up😍

*AURA QUE does homeware* The PRANA cushion and the SAJI throw/rug make beautiful soft accessories to compliment your home.💙 Made in Nepal, our heavy cotton Dhaka is handwoven outside Kathmandu at Hari's workshop where women including Hira, Laxmi and Mayaju, weave the traditional Nepalese geometric dhaka designs into the weft of the looms. 🌺💐🌸 These products are made in a World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) member workshop which employs over 25 women, giving them opportunities through work.

This is a fantastic update from BAFTS Fair Trade Network UK all about their recent conference! 🙌🏽

🌼🌺🌻Did you know that Laura has designed a whole range of products with some stunning Kaffe Fassett fabric? Including these FULI mirrors made from high quality 68s cotton, screen printed in 13 colours to create Kaffe Fassett's artisan design. Check out the whole range on our website:-) 🙌Thank you @kaffefassettstudio for the colour you create! {The mirrors are handmade in our AURA QUE studio here, in Peckham, London}

Drumroll........ BAFTS Fair Trade Network UK conference has started and looking good! Wahoo! ✨ Unfortunately Laura couldn't make the event this year, as she is in Nepal (originally had planned to be there but her earlier Nepal plans were ruined when the airline went bust etc😩). Instead, Laura is meeting with her producers and makers which has been fantastic *check out her stories* - gutted to miss this amazing event BUT super excited to hear all that's happening! AURA QUE is proud to be a BAFTS member - check out their page to learn more about the work they are doing, supporting small businesses like ours. Well done team BAFTS!!🙌🙌🙌

*CLUTCH NEWS* Laura is in NEPAL right now and has been visiting NLT workshop to check on production and work on new samples. Check out our stories for news on her trip (and on Instagram!) .... 🙋‍♀ With detachable leather strap and zip pull, the colourful versatile ICCHA can be used as a large purse, clutch or makeup bag.....making you stand out from the crowd😉 On our webshop now:-)