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Half Cone Telephone Wire Bowl Red/Black/Orange
Bundles of telephone or electricity cable wire are cut and prepared for the weavers to take home. The artisans take home as may bundles as they wish and use it to weave a bowl/basket from the outside inwards.
These bowls are all “one-of” creations. They have a dia of approx 30 – 40cm.
They vary in height and style.
Swazi Bowl Teal Small
Swazi Bowl Teal Small
These baskets are woven by a group of over 700 rural women in the mountains of Swaziland.
Their aim is to create innovative contemporary designs using traditional hand skills and locally sustainable raw materials. Their aim is to create innovative contemporary designs using traditional hand skills and locally sustainable raw materials. They use Lutindzi grass.
The women, many of whom are grandmothers, work from home enabling them to maintain a traditional lifestyle and to care for their own children, and many vulnerable or orphaned children within their community.
size 16 cm dia