Our fineweave sisal baskets are unique baskets by traditional Taita weavers. The handrolled twine that these baskets are woven with is extra, extra thin.
ABOUT THE ARTISANS
Weaving baskets is a tradition in Taita culture. The artisans of groups weaving fineweave baskets mostly live in the Taita hills.
This very fine weave is the most traditional Taita weaving, and the natural collection is dyed with old techniques from flowers and bark!! 100% natural AND 100% handmade…
ABOUT THE BASKETS
These unique baskets are made out of extra thin sisal which is grown on farms belonging to the basket weavers. So this basket is 100% handmade, from start to finish! The leaves of the sisal plant are used to obtain a fibre which is rolled to twine, and then be woven to a basket.
The Taita ladies pick the sisal, decorticate it, dye the fibres themselves and then roll the twine on their lap. Making baskets is a very labour intensive art. The baskets come in a number of different colours and patterns, with each design entirely made up by these artistic Taita ladies!
Watch our beautiful short video on African basket weaving from Taita .
WHAT MAKES IT A FINEWEAVE BASKET?
With sisal twine rolled thinner than 2mm, a very tight density of knots per inch is achieved. The fineweave basket is lighter than its practical counterpart of the same size. Considerably more time goes into a fineweave basket! This is a true work of art.
sizes and colours
You can order our Fineweave Baskets from XX-Small (3 inch) to Large (11 inch). You order per size and per colourgroup. Each basket will be unique, we leave the patterns up to the creativity of the artistic weavers. The baskets come in an endless variety of patterns, with each design made up by these artistic Taita artisans!
The sisal for our natural collection (Tsavo, Earth and Classic) is dyed by the artisans following traditional techniques. 100% natural with barks, leaves and soil.
For our colourful collections the bright coloured sisal has been dyed at the 2024 Hadithi Dye Centre and supplied to the artisans.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Take a closer look at some fineweave baskets below. These are examples to show the wonderful variety of baskets made by the Taita ladies; no two are the same!
