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WomenCraft Basket Weaving to Make Lives Better
Basket Weaving | Burundi | Decor | Tanzania

WomenCraft Basket Weaving to Make Lives Better

Bywellmadeafrica 25th August 202125th August 2021

Craft has often been used as a tool for unity, healing and empowerment, harnessing the traditional skills…

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Simply Stylish Baskets Handwoven in Ghana
Basket Weaving | Decor | Ghana

Simply Stylish Baskets Handwoven in Ghana

Bywellmadeafrica 29th May 202029th May 2020

While catching up on the latest international tradeshows I came across some simple elegant baskets by Twenty…

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Mutapo Ceramics Inspired by Zimbabwe’s Basket Weaving Traditions
Basket Weaving | Decor | Design | Zimbabwe

Mutapo Ceramics Inspired by Zimbabwe’s Basket Weaving Traditions

Bywellmadeafrica 7th August 20199th December 2019

Tucked away in Harare’s Miombo Woodland you will find Mutapo, a ceramic studio producing one-of-a-kind collectable crockery….

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Africa’s Basket Weavers Telling Stories Through Basketry
Basket Weaving | Decor | Niger | Rwanda | Swaziland

Africa’s Basket Weavers Telling Stories Through Basketry

Bywellmadeafrica 19th June 20199th December 2019

Basketry is a skill that has been practiced up and down the continent for centuries with examples…

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Eneida Tavares Blends Angolan Weaving Tradition with Earthen Vessels
Angola | Basket Weaving | Ceramics | Decor | Design

Eneida Tavares Blends Angolan Weaving Tradition with Earthen Vessels

Bywellmadeafrica 27th November 20184th June 2020

I recently came across these intriguing half basket, half ceramic vessels, which I found out to be…

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The Baba Tree Basket Company
Basket Weaving | Decor | Ghana

The Baba Tree Basket Company

Bywellmadeafrica 15th August 20189th December 2019

Bolgatanga in Ghana’s Upper East Region is synonymous with basket weaving, and the distinctive round-bellied Bolga Market…

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AAKS x UNHCR Weaving For Change
Basket Weaving | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Mali

AAKS x UNHCR Weaving For Change

Bywellmadeafrica 5th March 20189th December 2019

Luxury artisanal accessory brand AAKS has launched a stunning home decor collection inspired by the theme Weaving…

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Africa Inspired | Basket Weaving | Decor

Decor: Safari Fusion’s Woven & Stitched 2015-16 Collection

Bywellmadeafrica 14th July 20152nd July 2020

Safari Fusion [Africa Inspired] Loving Safari Fusion’s beautifully styled 2015-16 Lookbook entitled, Woven & Stitched. The colourful,…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Eswatini | Swaziland

Basketry: Gone Rural’s One of a Kind Hand Painted Baskets at Maud Interiors

Bywellmadeafrica 30th June 20151st July 2020

Gone Rural Hand Painted Baskets at Maud Interiors [Eswatini / Swaziland] [Image credit: Gone Rural Hand Painted…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Malawi

Decor: Peaks and Blocks Baskets by Donna Wilson and People of the Sun for SCP

Bywellmadeafrica 20th January 201412th June 2020

Donna Wilson and People of the Sun for SCP [Image credit: Blocks and Peaks Basket Collection –…

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Basket Weaving

Decor: Modern Basketry from Zimbabwe

Bywellmadeafrica 7th May 201311th June 2020

Lupane Women’s Centre [Zimbabwe] [Image credit: Baskets – Lupane Women’s Centre in Partnership with Kingston Project Africa] Looking…

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Basket Weaving | Competitions . Offers . Giveaways | Decor | Niger

Design: Mbare Points Du Jour Basket Reader Offer

Bywellmadeafrica 6th August 201218th May 2020

cc Mbare [Africa Inspired] [Image credits: Tavie Co-operative, Points Du Jour Basket – Mbare] A few months…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Design | Eswatini | Madagascar | South Africa | Swaziland

Basketry: Madwa Woven Traditions

Bywellmadeafrica 25th July 201214th May 2020

Madwa [Madagascar / South Africa / Eswatini / Swaziland] [Image credits: Madwa] Inspired by craft and tradition, Madwa is…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Niger

Design: Tavie Co-operative Tuareg Baskets

Bywellmadeafrica 5th April 20128th May 2020

Tavie Co-operative [Niger]   The beauty of this woven dish radiates from its core, which features a…

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Accessories | Basket Weaving | Ghana

Lifestyle: Handwoven Bolgatanga Baskets

Bywellmadeafrica 4th April 20128th May 2020

Bolgatanga Baskets [Ghana]    Last week the EU announced the potential banning of plastic bags as it…

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Africa Inspired | Basket Weaving | Decor | Design | Exhibitions | Senegal

Design: Stephen Burks Man Made Contemporary Basketry Exhibition

Bywellmadeafrica 9th March 20127th May 2020

Stephen Burks [Africa Inspired]   Having grown up surrounded by basketry and woven grass products I do…

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Basket Weaving | Eswatini | Swaziland

Design: Gone Rural Redefining African Basketry

Bywellmadeafrica 6th June 201127th April 2020

Gone Rural [Swaziland] Picking up from where I left off on my exploration into the different types…

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Basket Weaving | Decor

Design: Innovative Basket Furniture

Bywellmadeafrica 13th December 20109th December 2019

The Jeddah Seat [Africa Inspired]     [Image source: Elle Decoration – South Africa] Take a giant,…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Rwanda

Design: Gahaya Links Baskets Celebrating Peace

Bywellmadeafrica 10th November 20107th December 2019

Gahaya Links [Rwanda] [Image credits: top, Fairwinds Trading; bottom, Gahaya Links] Following on from my previous posting about the Zimbabwean…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Zimbabwe

Design: ‘Basket Case’ A showcase of Contemporary Zimbabwean Basketry

Bywellmadeafrica 14th October 201010th May 2023

The Basket Case Exhibition [Zimbabwe] [Image credit: BBC] I came across a photo-editorial on BBC about an exhibition called…

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