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The Night Before Christmas- Handmade Felt Cat Ornament - Fair Trade- Nepal
The Night Before Christmas- Handmade Felt Cat Ornament - Fair Trade- Nepal
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The purr-fectly adorable eco-friendly, wool ornament for the cat lover! This ornament features lots and lots of intricate detailing. Lovingly crafted by mother and sister artisans in Nepal using hand-crafted, eco-friendly wool felt. A Fair Trade holiday ornament.
Measures approximately 5 x 4 inches.
The Art of Felting: The first step to creating these beautiful felt pieces begins with gathering some of the world’s finest sheep’s wool from New Zealand. Making felted wool is an ages-old, time-consuming process of bonding fabric with fiber. This is a physical job where the artisans scrub, rub, roll, and rinse the wool again and again with soapy water. Once the wool is bound into a sheet and the desired thickness is complete, the felt is laid out to dry. From there, the felt wool is cut and reworked into many complex shapes and designs. The many sheets of wool might merge several colors to create patterns and layers. This takes a well-trained, talented artisan and is a true labor of love. The results are colorful, one-of-a-kind textiles that are stunning to behold.
About the Artisans
About the Artisans
In 2006 Elaine left the company under the ownership and supervision of five of her employees
who were master craftsmen from Mali. These five craftsmen are led by Fatim Bouare. Fatim’s innate business sense and entrepreneurial skills helped Mali Chic to grow into a successful business today. Currently, the organization has 14 employees and about 200 member artisans. The organization sells its products through a boutique store in Bamako city. Mali Chic has partnered with various international agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), West African Trade Hub, and Aid to Artisans. Aligning with such agencies has helped Mali Chic to expand the reach of its handmade and fair trade products internationally. With the increased demand for handmade and fairly traded products, Mali Chic has been able to contribute to both the social development and the advancement of its artisan members.
The organization strives to work closely with the artisans to produce high-quality and unique products. As a result, the artisans have learned to meet the increasing demands of the international as well as domestic market. Mali Chic adheres to the fair trade principles, the artisans work from home or in their workshops, and this gives them the freedom to choose their work environment. Because Mali Chic is a fair-wage organization it provides its artisans with an advance against each order of their handmade products.
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