Fitting right into a well-travelled home, these baskets exude story and soul.
They are available in a range of sizes (medium is approx 21-25cm), and so are perfect for storing everything from toys and books to towels and pot plants. In fact, you won’t want to limit them to your nursery!
Every single basket is unique – so once it’s in your home, it’s in no one else’s. Your basket comes with a photo of your weaver.
Larger baskets can take up to 5 days to complete.Handwoven in Kenya and using only natural dyes from tree bark, plants and soil.
Your purchase empowers female artisans in rural areas. You can read more by clicking on the Artisan Story tab.
Size M is approximately 21-25cm (other sizes also available).
Each basket is unique - made from kasigau sisal grass.
As is the beauty with all handmade items, variations will occur.
Handwoven in Kenya and using only natural dyes from tree bark, plants and soil.
Keep dry and out of direct sunlight as colours will fade.
If basket does get wet, dry immediately.
PLEASE NOTE: consistent with our brand values, we try and use minimal packaging possible.
If you basket is out of shape when you receive it, simply spray lightly with water using a spray bottle, and reshape by draping it over a bucket, bowl or similar while it dries.
Living at the base of Mt Kasigau, basket weavers live in an area that is a stunning and yet vulnerable ecosystem, home to varied and abundant wildlife.
Income from weaving is so important in that it provides a sustainable alternative to environmentally harmful practices like the poaching of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife and destruction of forests for charcoal, timber and farmland.
