LAISER
CRAFTS
Laiser Crafts is based
in Nairobi Kenya. We market various Kenyan
traditional handicrafts produced mostly by women groups.
The women
groups we work with provide skills training and pay
their members fair
wages.
We are seeking new market opportunities overseas in
order to increase
business and to provide more work and income for more
women craft
producer groups.
LAISER CRAFTS
P.O. BOX 24662 Nairobi 00502. Kenya
Tel. 254-725905086
andnairi@yahoo.com
Leju designs
WORKING WITH VEGETABLE IVORY
[Phytelephas Macrocarpa]
Our jewellery is hand made with a very special palm
seed that has been
used for 200 years in the manufacture of fine products
like the buttons of the
Victorian dresses, the draw handles of the fine furniture
as well as
Japanese carvings, rare miniatures and sculptures
.
The seed is known as Vegetable Ivory because its colour
, hardness and
density are very similar to animal ivory and is the
only natural and 100
percent sustainable alternative for ivory. But before
it can be worked,
the seeds must be allowed to dry naturally to gain
the hardness required
to be carved. This drying time can go from 2 to up
to 20 years. Consequently,
the older the seed the more valuable it becomes.
We at LEJU use Vegetable Ivory and other tropical
seeds to make our own
designs for you to enjoy unique products!
Tel: 07961462250 or 07738811376
Leju.designs@gmail.com
www.lejudesigns.co.uk
LIZZY & VINCE BEADWORKS
Lizzy & Vince Beadworks
is the marketing enterprise for MATSULU a
project founded by Elizabeth Siphiwe Gwebu in South
Africa where over
25 poor rural women are trained by Elizabeth in the
art of making
traditional beadwork.The project designs it and produces
its own
quality work and now known for its line of wall bead
art using various
animal themes and the landscape of South Africa. Other
lines include
functional objects such as coasters, vases, baskets
and a line of
jewellery collection. Income from the sell these products
are invested
in the women to buy them supplies, and training skills.
Address:129 Acaca Philippi, Cape Town 7750. South
Africa.
Tel. :27839573759
Contact: Elizabeth Siphiwe Gwebu
E-Mail : elizabethgwebu@yahoo.com
Lotusfeet
Lotusfeet is a family run business. Our fashion and
home accessories are designed and crafted by family,
friends, fair trade organisations and cooperatives.
The manufacture of our goods provides sustainable
livelihood opportunities for disadvantaged communities
and families. This has exposed us to a set of skills
and traditional crafts, which has enabled us to create
a truly unique collection.'
website:
www.lotusfeet.co.uk
15a Elizabeth Mews, London, NW3 4UH
Email:
g_arando@hotmail.com
Tel:
07793675070
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