Earthbound Creations (Pvt) Ltd was incorporated in January, 2013 manufacturing Recycled Handmade Crafts, Newspaper Pencils, Newspaper Handicrafts, Newspaper Bowls & Bins, Newspaper & Recycled Paper Bags and much more. Business operates as a social enterprise model (SEM) where employees are working from their own homes and deliver the products made to the business while empowering women employment and the rural youth.
It is a fully home grown company and we have progressed from our humble beginnings employing just 3 people in 2013 to an employer of nearly 360 by 2016. A main attribute of our success is a unique Sri Lankan design flavor inherent in our products. The entire production process is eco-friendly and labor intensive using waste materials which is ideally suited for exploiting local talent ranging from unskilled to semi-skilled as well as skilled professionals while also creating a line of products which are now being exported to countries such as Italy, UK, USA, Australia, Qatar, Germany, Hong Kong, Maldives and the Netherlands.
We believe that creativity, innovation and community involvement, are a catalyst for better business. We’re not just passionate purveyors of Recycled handmade products, but everything else that goes with a deep community engagement. That’s the essence of what we will do – but it hardly tells the whole story.
Awards & Recognition
Continuing an unprecedented winning streak, we are conferred with new awards and accolades by local and foreign independent organizations which have recognized Earthbound Creations for its outstanding contribution to the Industry.
Vision
We believe in a world where everyone takes care of the environment in order to ensure a sustainable future.
Mission
Our mission is to connect our tradition of family life with a sustainable future for our children by making handcrafted products from recycled waste materials.
Our Values
The core value of everything we do is honesty, this includes using eco-friendly materials in our products and cooperating together as one big family. The greatest asset in the company are the women, the mothers of our families who make our products with pride.
“The” Man Behind
Sagara Ranga Liyanage counts 11 years of excellence as the Founder and the Managing Director of Earthbound Creations (Pvt) Ltd. He held the position of Art Photographer in Iris Color Lab Kandy in 2001. While working as a Photographer He was also specialized in handmade Greeting Cards and began his greeting card business in a small way when he encouraged by his sister to turn her hobby of making greeting cards using pressed flowers, into a business. To help start her off he took three samples of her cards to almost every stationer and bookshop in Kandy. Everywhere he was met with rejection: “Handmade cards don’t sell” they told him. He decided to try one last stationery shop before giving up for the day. To his delight the proprietor was impressed and wanted Ranga to bring him more. After his sister found a job in Colombo, Ranga decided to continue the handmade greeting card business. He learnt about handmade paper from a government sponsored crafts exhibition at the BMICH and Fascinated by the concept of handmade paper, its eco-friendly attributes and its unique texture and appearance.A new chapter to Ranga’s handmade paper story opened when a friend working at a tourist shop introduced him to two foreigners who were impressed with his work. This meeting marked Ranga’s introduction to the export market. Before they left the country they bought up his entire stock of cards and continue to buy from him today. Ranga’s business continues to grow. He employs eight people in his workshop at home and together they form Earthbound Creations, designing and producing an endless variety of greeting cards.Sagara Ranga Liyanage, who is chasing an eco-friendly dream, began working with recycled Newspaper paper seven years ago, after he saw some artists in Philippines creating objects out of paper, he decided to bring this art to Sri Lanka. By first rolling the newspapers into narrow strips and then pressing them Ranga glues them together to create what he needs.
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