The Baba Tree Basket Company from Northern Ghana has been preserving the culture of exquisitely woven baskets of the Gurunsi community in Bolgatanga for the last 15 years. It’s here that the Baba Tree community of over 250 artisans practice a time-honoured weaving technique using elephant grass and their very own “rhythm and flow - energetic, colourful, purposeful. Instagram: babatreebaskets Contact: Ashima Gandhi
FLOC home was founded by Nina Howard in Kenya where she collaborates with specialized artisans to design grounded creations from locally-sourced natural materials curated into original, delicate, moving art pieces.
In her work modern design, artisan culture and ethical business unite.
Collaborative Craft Projectsis based in Zimbabwe andworks with international designers to realize custom-made pieces for their interiors.
The Founder Jane Taylor is committed to fair trade principles. Every piece in their range of homeware is crafted with values rooted deeply in the fundamental responsibility to preserve the traditional skills and natural heritage of Zimbabwean culture and craft.
WomenCraft x Emmanuel Babled This collection was born out of the partnership of the Tanzanian social enterprise WomenCraft and the French designer Emmanuel Babled. WomenCraft is a social enterprise in Ngara, in the remote northeast of Tanzania, whose mission is to increase economic opportunity in the post-conflict, area of Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania by bringing rural women together and connecting their artistry to the global marketplace.
We will exhibit some of the finest pieces of jewellery by the Samburu beaders Northern Kenya that Diana Maclean worked with for this art project.
Working in Kenya for nearly 20 years, Diana uses a diverse range of skills in her own ethical enterprise, WILD at HEART Kenya, combined with documentary journalism.
Through WILD at HEART Kenya, artisans use their traditional skills working from home making exceptionally high-quality, beaded leather designs. Diana also create custom-made branded designs, to benefit pastoralist women and wildlife conservation.
We are exhibiting a variety of stunning pieces from Sabahar, Ethiopia, made of cotton, eri silk and linen for home decor and to be worn as shawls.
The 100% handmade textiles have a softness and radiation that emanate from the process of harvesting the cotton, carding and spinning it by hand and eventually getting it woven by hand by the talented artisans of the team.
All our exhibitors abide by the rules of fair trade, Sabahar is also certified by the World Fair Trade Organization.
For centuries the Akan people of West Africa have created gold ornaments that stood out for their strong artistic inventiveness and refinement.
Making use of the traditional lost wax casting technique, every ornament first gets formed in wax, then cast in brass (formerly in gold) before breaking the mold, thus making every piece one-of-a-kind.
In designing this jewellery collection, the fact that the Akan goldsmiths freely mixed motifs of different cultures in their designs inspired me.
This eclectic jewellery collection was made by talented artisans in Kumasi and Accra and is 100% ethically handmade in Ghana using recycled glass and brass.
