Throughout our journeys we meet people making craft using locally sourced materials….We’ve collected traditional leather and ostrich eggshell bags from the bushmen of the Kalahari. In northern Botswana and Namibia, the Khwe bushmen continue to create beautiful traditional baskets and placemats from makalani palm leaves and natural dyes.  Nearer the cities and towns, there are artists who’ve woven striking wire bowls, animals out of  scrap metal and reclaimed timber and unusual ornaments out of paper mache. From the townships, placemats have been created from food wrappers and thatching grass and radios from bottle tops. Recent purchases have been the beautifully hand made – on a loom – scarves and wraps in subtle natural tones….. There’s more still, something for everyone …. Come and browse around!

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CRAFT

Recycled in Redhill's informal settlement - fruit bags and wire made into delightful puffer fish

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Mozambican cloth: hand-woven on a loom and dyed in natural muted colors

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Temba masala paper mache platter with hand-painted birds, foliage and mine details

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Made in Cape Town - fun magnets and key hooks

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A successful project with the Khwe in northern Namibia. Before any weaving can be done, they must first collect the materials; palm leaves and roots/or shoots to create the dyes

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Sibusiso Mbheles flying springbok

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Chip packet placemats and carpets made by these fine Zulu grandmothers

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Paper mache and wire bicycles made in Eastern province, Zambia

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Humorous greeting cards and tags with spectacularly rendered images by Jeannie B

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Bottle top radios (that work) from Khayalitsha

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Zulu wire basket

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Non-allergic metal rings - one size fits all

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Acan's flying angel with tea pot

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Sibsiso Mbheles metal windmills and Temba Masala's paper mache chickens

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Temba Masala's paper mache birds-on-a-branch