All Turquoise Mountain Arts craftsmen and women are teachers or graduates from our Institute for Afghan Arts & Architecture. Turquoise Mountain Arts plays an important role in connecting talented Afghan artisans to international markets. We believe that trade and connecting people to markets is the most direct way to impact craft families and the economy of Afghanistan.
I love designing and building jali screens. It is a particularly elegant and beautiful Afghan carving tradition. My hope is that we can bring Afghanistan's traditional arts and rich culture to the world.
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I take satisfaction from playing a small part in showing the highest quality Afghan art to the world.
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I am proud to contribute to the revival of this tradition and pass this art on to future generations.
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I want to be part of reviving the arts in Afghanistan – to teach it to the next generation.
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I am proud to work with Turquoise Mountain, and to be part of regenerating the lost arts of Afghanistan while supporting my family.
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My family like keeping up our traditions, and they wanted me to revive traditional craftsmanship. Through the beauty of my work I can feed my family and support my community.
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I hope to be a very successful carpenter in the future and I hope Turquoise Mountain can make this happen so that I can become someone to help my countrymen.
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I hope to be a very successful carpenter and that Turquoise Mountain will succeed as a business so that I can become someone to help my family and my country.
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I believe in keeping our traditions alive - whatever the social or political circumstances.
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Emeralds are my favorite stone because they have a special meaning in Afghanistan: whoever owns an emerald will remain true to their first and only love.
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Khalil Hossein Haiderzada was commissioned by Turquoise Mountain in 2006 to create this piece for an exhibition in the Kingdom of Bahrain
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