Woven Travels Blog
Catch The Basket Room at ECOFeminism Film Festival
ECOFeminism Festival celebrates nature, women and their empowering connection, and so we're delighted that our short film will be shown alongside 15 other inspiring documentaries and works of drama at Genesis Cinema in Bethnal Green this Saturday.
WABI SABI STYLE: LUXURY IN IMPERFECTION
This is a philosophy for calm, imperfect living: the complete antithesis of fast interiors and flash-in-the-pan interior trends. So the choices that you make as you wabi-sabi your home should be sustainable ones based on comfortable, practical living and well-made, timeless pieces that bring joy. Here's how to bring some of this mindset to your home.
Six Log Baskets for Cosy Living
With autumn just around the corner now, our thoughts are gently turning to cosier nights and to retreating indoors for the colder months. For those of us lucky enough to have an open fireplace, log burning stove or wood burner at home, a handwoven log basket would make a beautiful, versatile and practical addition to your hearth.
SHOW YOUR STRIPES
Deckchairs, tartan picnic rugs, beach huts, gingham tablecloths, lighthouses, circus big tops - it's no wonder that checks and stripes make us feel good.
Artysan Trend for a Brave New World
Meet the Leatherworkers Who Have Upskilled in Basket Embroidery
How to Nail The Basket Wall Trend
With more than 41,000 posts under the hashtag #basketwall on Instagram, wall baskets, decorative wall fans and fringed woven wall hangings bring natural texture to any space. Colourful fans and baskets hung on walls can cleverly link colour schemes and create a sense of harmony and flow between rooms. We spoke to Interior Stylist Dee Campling who offers her wisdom on the value and beauty of handwoven basketry and wall hangings in the home.
SIX *VERY* VERSATILE HANDWOVEN LAUNDRY BASKETS
LAUNDRY. Love it or loathe it, it’s an inescapable fact of life and something that has to be done – week in and week out. Whether your home is a shrine to neat piles and domestic order or if you struggle to ever get on top of the mountains of dirty clothes your household produces, an excellent laundry basket or two will lighten the load in more ways than one.
21 Beautiful Storage Baskets For Decluttering Your Home
As we count down the final few weeks before we can socialise and MAKE PLANS again, spring cleaning and decluttering are high on the agenda for many of us. Good home storage has, for many, been a sanity saver over this past year – and for every storage conundrum, we have a woven basket.
CHOOSE THE WORLD YOU WANT: FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 22ND FEB - 7TH MARCH 2021
Since Fairtrade Fortnight's aim this year is to highlight the challenges climate change presents to rural farmers, we’d like to show you a short film we have made about the chairlady of one of the basket weaving groups we work closely with in Kenya: Madam Dorcas Ndinda, a farmer and greengrocer.
STEP INTO MY OFFICE...
With the beginning of a hopeful new year and home working likely to be a long-term cultural shift all over the world, it feels like a good time to get more intentional and creative with our home work spaces. With most of our team now largely working from home both in the UK and in Kenya, we’re having discussions about what rituals, adaptations or small purchases are helping us work better and work happier.
