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Upcycled Plastic Apron - Reversible- Food/Flowers/Animal Prints-Fair Trade

$21.00 USD

~~$24.99 USD~~ $21.00 USD

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Nothing is better than upcycled or recycled plastics! Let's keep it out of our oceans!

Upcycled, handmade, and durable are a few qualities of our reversible aprons that are lined on the backside with fabric that has been printed using traditional hand blocks or hand stamps to make the Kalamkari fabrics.

These fantastic recycled aprons are hand-stitched by women artisans at Speed Trust, a non-profit organization located in the southern part of India. This organization supports socially and economically disadvantaged women from urban slum areas through vocational training, financial support, and income generation.

Measures 35” long x 25-1/2” wide
One of a kind - We receive assorted designs and prints. We hope you will be pleased with the design we will choose for you.

Made from discarded or rejected digitally printed polyvinyl billboard advertisements, these aprons will surely encourage you to try out a new recipe every day. These aprons are the perfect eco-friendly accessory for your kitchen or gift for foodies, environmentalists, or home chefs.

Handmade and Fair Trade imported from India.

Click "About the Artisans" to learn more about the Speed Trust Non-Profit Organization.

About the Artisans

Working with more than 100 individual carvers in Machakos, Kenya, Jedando Modern Handicrafts markets African handicrafts primarily made of wood and bone worldwide. Carving is a tradition in Kenya with the children learning the craft from their parents. Carved by hand using only rudimentary hand tools, olive wood bowls, salad serving sets, and animal-shaped napkin rings take shape from pieces of olive wood, mahogany, and mpingo, or "African Ebony."
An integral part of the organization's function is to educate the craftspeople on the need for reforestation to enable the products to be available for years to come and offer a sustainable income for generations. While wood carving provides the major income for many in the Machakos area, other craftspeople earn a living by further enhancing the products including painting the napkin rings and carving discarded animal bone for the handles of salad serving sets. Often the bone is "batiked" by placing wax on the white bone and dipping the bone a dark brown/black dye, resulting in patterns African mud cloth designs.