Featured artisanSunil Rathnayake
Ambalangoda, Galle District, Southern Province
Traditional masks · Wood painting
Sunil carves masks the way his father taught him, from light kaduru wood and natural pigments.
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Featured artisanAmbalangoda, Galle District, Southern Province
Traditional masks · Wood painting
Sunil carves masks the way his father taught him, from light kaduru wood and natural pigments.
Featured artisanHunnasgiriya, Kandy District, Central Province
Dumbara weaving · Handloom textiles
Kamala learned to count thread from her grandmother, and now weaves geometric cloth on the same style of loom.
Featured artisanIbbankatuwa, Matale District, Central Province
Terracotta pottery · Clay lamps
A third-generation potter who still fires his work in an open kiln fuelled by coconut husk.
Featured artisanEmbekke, Kandy District, Central Province
Wood carving · Relief panels
Lakmal studied the carved pillars of Embekke as a boy and has been carving ever since.

Colombo, Western Province
Batik · Textile art
Priyanthi turned a family batik studio into a collective that supports local seamstresses.
Featured artisanRatnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province
Silver jewellery · Gem setting
Ayesha designs jewellery that reinterprets Sri Lankan temple motifs in clean, wearable silver.

Pilimathalawa, Kandy District, Central Province
Brass casting · Temple ware
Thushara keeps the pilimathalawa brass tradition alive from a small foundry behind his family home.

Kurunegala, North Western Province
Cane weaving · Rattan furniture
Mahinda weaves baskets and furniture using cane he splits and softens himself.
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