Garland Paper|Skulls

Sugar Skulls - Straight from Dia de Los Muertos, this garland will add to your seasonal altar. Or enjoy it every day for a taste of Mexico. Black and red skulls are printed on a natural background.

Skull & Bones - Argh! Pirates! The Jolly Roger was used by pirates as a protective talisman. Now you can have them hanging in your home or office. Multi-colored skulls and crossbones skulls adorn this garland Keep it hanging all year round, or pull it our for special occasions like Halloween!

Each garland features a variety of decorative Lokta papers combined to make each garland unique. All elements of the garland are made by hand by a women's cooperative in Nepal. The women cut and assemble each element of the garlands body and sews them together into an approximately 6 foot long garland. The Lokta paper is made using bark of the Daphne plant that is harvested while the plant remains alive. Then the bark is formed into sheets and hand screen printed.

FYI: Lokta paper is made from the bark of a Daphne bush, which grows exclusively at the foot of the Himalayan mountains. The inner bark provides extremely long fibers to create paper, which gives Lokta paper a very durable quality. To create the Lokta paper, the bark is striped from a living bush which not only helps the bush to grow, but the bark completely regenerates in six to seven years. (A truly eco-friendly paper!) The inner bark is cooked, beaten down into a wet pulp, and scooped up into paper molds. Color is added to the paper through natural bark and flower based dyes, and this paper never touches chemicals or bleaches. Not only is Lokta paper hand pulled, it is also hand-dyed, hand screen printed, and batiked (stamped with wax) making every sheet unique in color and weight.