पहाड़ की कला, हाथों का हुनर
Some handmade art belongs in our everyday lives.
Aipan and crochet from Kumaon, made by Pahadi women in their homes, for the way you live now.
Carried through generations
Pahadi art has been carried through generations — not only through paintings and patterns, but through the hands of women who have continued creating from their homes.
Every Him-Kala piece is still made that way: at a kitchen table in Almora, by a window in Haldwani, between the chores of a hill day. Buying one keeps those hands at work.
Aipan and crochet
Aipan carries the memory of the mountains.
For generations, Kumaoni women have washed their floors with red geru and drawn on them with biswar, a rice paste, using three fingers. We paint the same patterns on frames, nameplates and pooja pieces made to last.
Crochet carries the warmth of the hands that create it.
Lilies that never wilt, flower parandis for a wedding braid, and mufflers for a Nainital December — hooked stitch by stitch through long hill winters.
We bring these worlds together — not to let Pahadi craftsmanship become a memory, but to give it a place in the modern world.
A place in everyday life
Not for a glass case. These are things to hang by the door, light a diya beside, braid into your hair and keep on your desk.
New from our homes
Finished this month. Most pieces are one of a kind, so when one is gone the next is made a little differently.
Your name, painted in Aipan
Nameplates, welcome boards and photo frames, made to order by our makers at home.
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Message us
Tell us what you need on WhatsApp: a nameplate, a frame, a gift.
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Share the details
Names, a photo, the size and colours you like.
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Approve the layout
We send a sketch. Nothing is painted until you say yes.
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Painted and posted
Ready in 7–10 days, packed carefully and shipped across India.
Come back, save more
The same thank-you we give at our Kumaon Fest stall. Applies to orders of ₹300 or more.
See new pieces as they leave our hands, and find our stall at fairs across Uttarakhand.
Follow @himkalaa__Why it matters
- Every piece supports a skill.
- Every pattern carries a story.
- Every handmade creation keeps a little piece of the mountains alive.