Artisans
Shalateen, South Red Sea
Bulga works with Abadba women artisans from Shalateen to incorporate their heritage into footwear while providing them steady income and preserving the craft using sustainable material coming from nature like palm trees. Each household takes part in the leather making process by hand, essentially impacting more than just one woman at a time, but a whole community. The process takes over a month of tanning, then more time for cutting and hand-braiding, then it's delivered to our workshop in Cairo to make them into footwear designs.
Siwa Oaisis, Western Desert
Siwa was known for special embroidery on leather, but this craft is now dying since most artisans in Siwa embroider on fabric. We brought back this to life by introducing our take on an Ancient Egyptian collection all with Siwa embroidery on natural sheep leather. Inspired by the presence of Ancient Egyptian artifacts in Siwa at the mountain of the dead. There lays the Goddess Nut of the sky . We made it into a Nut Bulga. Proudly sold at the Grand Egyptian Museum Gift Shop in Giza. Fresh off the tombs.
Kerdasa, Giza
Located close to the Pyramids, Kerdasa is known for its long tradition in textile weaving on traditional handmade looms. The Amazigh Collection features the beautiful works of Abu Eissa's workshop in Kerdasa. A workshop of 10 men working on looms everyday to create these traditional fabrics sold in Libya and Siwa, originally traditional in Amazighi culture. Handmade out of 100% cotton yarn and woven thread by thread with the looms by Abu Eissa and his artisans on this traditional technique that takes weeks to complete just a few meters. We are keen on reviving this craft by giving life to this slow fashion process, and create beautiful master pieces worn by everyone for everyday sustainable footwear.
Bulga on Al Nahar with Mahmoud Saad
Bulga on Al Hayat TV with Sherif Madkour
Bulga on Style Talk with Sherine Hamdy
