Bridget the Bear

Our 5x7 Bone Inlay Picture Frame has been created by a family of master artisans in Rajasthan, India. Using a technique that has been passed down through multiple generations, each frame is hand crafted in a meticulous and detailed process.

This beautiful frame features a traditional botanical pattern. Adorned with intricately carved recycled and naturally occurring bone, it takes a team of individual artisans to create a single frame. One artisan is responsible for hand carving each piece of bone into delicate leaf shapes. A second person affixes those pieces onto a wooden base in the intricate pattern featured on the frame. The third and final master artisan fills the outline of the pattern with colored resin to create the background. Additional team members sand and seal the piece before it is complete.

We’re in love with the stunning contrast between the intricate floral pattern and the dark resin background. Our Bone Inlay Picture Frame is a chic desk or bedside accessory. It also makes for a thoughtful and stylish gift. Every purchase directly supports our artisan partners in India.

Our 5x7 Bone Inlay Picture Frame has been created by a family of master artisans in Rajasthan, India. Using a technique that has been passed down through multiple generations, each frame is hand crafted in a meticulous and detailed process.

This beautiful frame features a traditional botanical pattern. Adorned with intricately carved recycled and naturally occurring bone, it takes a team of individual artisans to create a single frame. One artisan is responsible for hand carving each piece of bone into delicate leaf shapes. A second person affixes those pieces onto a wooden base in the intricate pattern featured on the frame. The third and final master artisan fills the outline of the pattern with colored resin to create the background. Additional team members sand and seal the piece before it is complete.

We’re in love with the stunning contrast between the intricate floral pattern and the dark resin background. Our Bone Inlay Picture Frame is a chic desk or bedside accessory. It also makes for a thoughtful and stylish gift. Every purchase directly supports our artisan partners in India.

This Tonga Winnowing Basket has been handmade by Fair Trade BaTonga women in Southern Zambia, where they are known for their intricate basket work. Woven with natural fibers such as palm leaves and roots, this style of basket is traditionally used for carrying and winnowing grains.

The center of this basket begins with a coil, which the artisans wind together tightly enough to bare the weight of the basket’s contents. Using palm fibers that have been naturally dyed over several days, they twist and wind the weaving in a circular pattern over the root coils, creating a unique and natural design.

Our Batonga Bowl has been handcrafted by a group of Fair Trade BaTonga women in Southern Zambia. This region is known for its intricate basket work, and there is a great diversity in the styles of weaving and patterns across the various districts and groups.

This Batonga Bowl, in particular, is a unique representation of basket craft because it showcases two different finishes. The outside of the bowl features a light-colored design in a horizontal weaving pattern. It is contrasted with the inside of the bowl, which features a dark geometric design. This double-thick weaving style takes extra time and skill to craft. The end result is a dense and sturdy basket that is almost twice as thick as a traditional plateau-style weaving.