Manoj Pariyar

Manoj Pariyar is a 47-year-old male artisan from Kathmandu Valley, and has been part of the Student Handicrafts workshop in Thamel, Kathmandu since 1999. He brings 30 years of craft experience to his role as pattern maker & lead designer.

About Manoj

Founding artisan; designs nearly every hemp bag pattern we produce. Like the rest of our artisan network, Manoj is paid above the regional industry rate and receives steady year-round work — a deliberate departure from the piece-work model that dominates much of South Asia’s handicraft export trade.

Craft & specialism

Manoj’s focus is Hemp bags, pattern making, design. He is part of a 50-plus-person artisan team that hand-makes every product Student Handicrafts exports to importers, retailers, and private-label brands across 80+ countries. Every piece carries an origin card listing the artisan and the district of Nepal where it was made — buyers who source from us can verify, in writing, who made what they sell.