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The technique, the mornings and the people behind the work. Written slowly, because the work is made slowly.
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weaving
The weaver who taught forty others
She learned from her mother, then turned a single loom into a cooperative that now supplies half the studio.
1 min read
care guide
Caring for handwoven baskets
Natural fibre is a material that keeps moving. How to clean a basket without wrecking it, why sunlight is the real enemy, and what to do when one goes out of shape.
4 min read
agaseke
Agaseke: what the peace basket actually means
The lidded, cone-topped basket that became a national symbol — what it was for, why it is given rather than bought, and how to tell a careful one from a quick one.
4 min read