TheBasketRoom Black, Raspberry & Natural Woven Sisal Runner

Etsy UK £147.00 Go to Etsy UK First seen in Jan 2022

Description

This beautiful floor mat features columns of black & white & black & raspberry pink, separated by wide bands of white horizontal stripes. PANA will bring a burst of Kenyan style to the nursery or playroom, hallway or sitting room. We are privileged to partner with a weaver named Bernard in bringing these mats & runners to The Basket Room. Bernard makes each one of these sisal mats himself in his workshop in rural Kenya, having learned to weave on a hand-loom through a UN-funded project over twenty years ago. This type of weaving is physically & technically very demanding & the larger mats in this collection can each take up to four days to complete. Because of this, weavers like Bernard are a rarity. His beautiful mats & runners are works of an extremely rare & precious craft. Bernard weaves each mat & runner from Kenyan sisal, a fibrous grass typically used for producing rope & twine. Its leaves are split, rolled & dyed by hand before Bernard meticulously works the fibres through the loom to create a fine, flat weave. Like the majority of the weavers we partner with in Kenya & across Africa, farming lies at the heart of Bernard's family income. During the dry seasons when crops fail & livestock suffers, Bernard's skilled mat weaving gives him the opportunity to earn a fair wage through flexible work. Material: Sisal & branded leather tab Dimensions: L:240cm x W:66cm approx It is advised to use a non-slip underlay if positioning the mat on a slippery surface (laminated or stripped floorboards & tiles). Please note, as this is a handmade product, dimensions & colour may vary from those shown in the photographs. FAIR TRADE & HANDMADE in KENYA Black, Raspberry & Natural Woven Sisal Runner