The spirit and pure joy that is behind every basket that comes to you. MERRY CHRISTMAS! x
Practical and stylish around your home. Our baskets are versatile wonders that solve an array of convenient containment for the stuff of our lives.
Due to the plastic bag ban in Kenya our weavers have resulted to re-purposing plastic bags strips and using sisal fibre to weave these colourful and vibrant basket bags. They sisal fibre is the skeleton of the upcycled plastic weave which makes the basket more robust and durable. This bags are life’s companion…whether for shopping, picnic,beach or organisation around the house. We love taking care of the environment while taking care of you.
Lovely to see our collection of bespoke handwoven lampshades in their new London home. From a remote rural village in Kenya to a beautiful interior. Each strand is woven with passion & love. Our client requested a bespoke mix of Colours, Texture & Pattern to represent ‘happiness’ 😊
Our client wanted to turn our handwoven sisal baskets into lampshades. She wanted vibrant colours, different shapes and sizes and it was a pleasure taking the challenge. Working directly with our weavers makes it fun to create new designs and styles together. It was great team work putting everything together and having our customer so happy.
Bringing these lampshades from a remote rural village in Kenya to a luxury home in London was a great joy, humbling and the same time so empowering to our women weavers. Who depend on basket weaving as their source of livelihood.
And together with our weavers we are ‘The Kenyan Crafts Company’
Turning baskets into exquisite lampshades was our clients desire combining #Colours #Shapes#Texture for her beautiful London home. Our weavers were ready for the challenge utilising traditional weaving techniques & learn new skills while creating our bespoke lampshades. And together with women like these, we are the @TheKenyanCraftsCompany
P E R F E C T E D A R T – The benefits of working together like this goes beyond simply diversifying income. Doing so brings together the community in conserving an old tradition. With every order our weavers make they feel empowered.
BEAUTIFUL HAND CRAFTS THAT TELL A STORY – It’s so rewarding & inspiring visiting our weavers. They utilise traditional weaving techniques whilst learning new skills when creating our bespoke orders. Meet ‘Ndinda’ busy on our bespoke ‘Tie & dye’ lampshade took her 2 weeks to do 💜💝.
Creative pattern and colours ❤💜 inside our “Maisha’ basket bag. These vibrant baskets are handwoven from bright strips of recycled plastic on to sisal fibre frame. Giving them longevity & perfect for all seasons & reasons. #LifetimeCompanion #Ethical #HandMade#EcoFriendly We love taking care of the #Environment while taking care of you. From our heritage to your home.
Our leather smith ‘Fundi’ hard at work hand stitching rolled sisal fibre inside leather, to create our robust handles turning our baskets into bags 💙
We love being in every step of our crafts production 😊. #SupportSmallBusiness #CraftsmanShip
From our heritage to your home.