Winkelen homewares magazine issue 2 Winkelen magazine November 2015 | Page 20

OON HOME Photography and styling: Louise Roche @ Villa Styling. Sumnima Moktan has just released her first homewares collection, inspired by the colours and rich cultural of Kathmandu Tell us a bit about Oon Home? Oon in Nepali means wool. We design and manufacture clothing in cashmere and homewares in wool felt. All items are handmade. Oon is ethical, eco luxe, conscious living. Tell us about yourself and your background? Now I realize I have always been a ‘creative’. At home (born and bred in Kathmandu), I was constantly crafting and recycling. My mom had this sewing machine and I’d make curtains, cushion covers - anything I could think of. I would hand paint patterns into furniture, denims and fabrics creating my own embellishments on clothes. While studing uni in Australia I took a retail job selling designer rugs which I found challenging. It was a very creative process, on top of selling it was almost like interior decorating and soon I