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SLOW MADE in Bolgatanga, Ghana
SLOW MADE in Bolgatanga, Ghana

Style masters Baba Tree Basket Co. have been preserving the basket-weaving culture of the Gurunsi people in Bolgatanga in Ghana for over 15 years, and remain committed to creating job sustainability with fair and meaningful work opportunities for the community. They work closely with over 250 artisans, each trained by elders with craftsmanship skills handled with honour over generations. We love these baskets and easily rank them into our top ten ‘Slow Made Wonders of the World*.

Photo: The extraordinary Tua Tia baskets designed after the company's namesake, Baba Tree (or Baobab tree).
Muses Isha Napari and Flavia Adongo; Photographer Francis Kokoroko; Styling Bettina McILwraith.

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SLOW MADE in Indonesia…
SLOW MADE in Indonesia…

With over 17,000 tropical islands to call home, Indonesia is a cultural fascination. From batik to betel nuts and every island culture in between, this region has some of the world's poorest places but so rich with traditions.

Threads of Life work directly with more than 35 artisan groups on islands from Kalimantan to Timor, to help empower and preserve ancient cultures unique to this great archipelago.

IMAGE: The Hinggi is traditionally worn by Sumbanese men with the unique motifs announcing a man’s social status. Photo © Threads of Life.

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SLOW MADE in Cambodia…
SLOW MADE in Cambodia…

From a corporate-chasing, career girl in America, to a not-for-profit organisation founder in third world Cambodia, Kate Davis of Collective Humanity has cultivated everything in her power to inspire fair-trade equality for traditional communities in Cambodia.

Kate's journey is an honest perspective that reminds us that humanity can be achieved with collective unity and kindness.

We love this story!

Photo by Brandon Hill.

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SLOW MADE in Bali…
SLOW MADE in Bali…

If you’ve been to Bali you will be familiar with the local craftsmanship and beauty of Canang Saris sprinkled all over the island, as daily offerings for the Gods that have been handmade for generations. This traditional connection to Mother Nature and the spiritual world through ceremony of gratitude is the Bali way…

Natural, sustainable and incredible… the artisan team at Make a Scene! in Bali combine traditional craftsmanship with wild imagination to create theatrical designs set to take the world stage, without being wasteful. Meet the talented, team creating all the magic behind the Island’s larger-than-life scenes…

Image courtesy Juraj Sedlak

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SLOW MADE in Peru… Threads of Resilience
SLOW MADE in Peru… Threads of Resilience

Cusco is tucked far from reach and still hums with precious existence from the ancient world. There is no doubt that the global pandemic has been a great test of survival for modern times. So how are these remote communities surviving right now? We reached out to Sarah Confer, the Director at Threads of Peru.

IMAGE: Melchor stands on the hills surrounding his home in remote Pitukiska. He and his wife do most of the natural dyeing for Threads of Peru. Photo by Eric Mindling.

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SLOW MADE in India: Dabu and woodblock printing
SLOW MADE in India: Dabu and woodblock printing

Woodblock printing in India is an old-world trade that still produces mile after mile of beautiful fabrics that could easily wrap the world!

Jeremy Fritzhand is the founder behind Studio Bagru in Rajasthan. He's been collaborating with these traditional artisans for years and is on a mission to help protect and empower these hard-working communities, so that their ancestral craftsmanship never fades. He takes us through the process of this 4000-year-old tradition… one manual woodblock print at a time.

Photo: Namdev Krishi Farm communal drying space in Bagru, India. Photo by Studio Bagru.

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Threads of Peru: Textile Artisans of Cusco
Threads of Peru: Textile Artisans of Cusco

In a remote part of the world is a vibrant and culturally thriving community of textile artisans. Although they inhabit a landscape that is a gentle palette of pastel hues, their handcrafted designs are some of the most colourful in the world. Meet the artisans from Cusco, Peru. This community is so unique and invaluable for world heritage interests and the textile industry, Threads of Peru is doing everything to help preserve this long-standing traditional community.

PHOTO Megan Revell. Artisan weaver Demesia Sinchi Echame partners with Threads of Peru.

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Akosua Afriyie-Kumi: Fashion Designer
Akosua Afriyie-Kumi: Fashion Designer

Meet Akosua Afriyie-Kumi, the gorgeous designer behind fashion label AAKS. She’s taking generations-old weaving tradition from her home country of Ghana, to the fashion world in an explosion of colour, style and authenticity.

We spoke to her about her love of slowmade-by-hand fashion and Ghana … and how she’s combined both loves to create an authentic and loveable brand that stands tall in the modern retail world.

Photo: © courtesy of AAKS.

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Jake James: Blacksmith
Jake James: Blacksmith

Jake James specialises in architectural and contemporary modern-design forged ironwork, but he knows that everytime he places a piece of steel into an intense flame, he is stepping back into history which is several thousands of years old.

An Englishman now living in Canada, Jake has two decades of award-winning work under his belt, and crafts forged metal not just into a finished product, but into a sensory experience.

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Andreas Söderlund: Woodworker
Andreas Söderlund: Woodworker

As days and nights grow cooler in the Southern Hemisphere, our northern conterparts awake to the hope of spring. From his attic window in Norway, woodworker Andreas Soderlund watches snow melt into sunshine, and pieces of timber turn into intricately carved pieces of art.

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Royal Shakespeare Company: Costume Makers
Royal Shakespeare Company: Costume Makers

Think Elizabethan England… a generation of social hierarchy climbing high on the romance of fresh poetry, literature and music prolific to its time. But wherefore art thou exquisite Tudor style fashion now?

Photo by Royal Shakespeare Company. (Behind the scenes in the Costume Workshop.)

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