AARVEN Journal

Soap Dishes | Meet Jaipur Blue Pottery

Amongst the first of our Indian horde to land in store were these beautiful hand-painted pottery soap dishes. The Doraya family come from a long line of artisans specialising in Blue Pottery...

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Ghanaian Woven Baskets | Meet Agana and the women weavers

Our woven baskets from Ghana are made by a talented group of artisans based in the Upper East Region, under the Burkina Fasso border. The baskets are made with indigenous...

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Indian Block Printed Textiles | Meet Srini & His Team

Bold & beautiful, our range of Indian Block Printed Textiles are made entirely by hand in Salem in Southern India by Srini and his team. Founded in 1978, Srini has a...

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Kenyan Baskets | Kasigau Women Weavers

When we tell you that we’ve hand picked every single basket in our stores. We mean that we have hand picked every basket in our stores. And when we say...

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Incense | Meet Silence Workshop

Our natural incense stick packets are made by Silence – a non-profit organisation in India ran by a lovely lady named Soma, who provide reliable income for physically disabled and mentally ill artisan...

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Kenyan Jewellery | Meet Anton & Benta

Anton and Benta are the talented husband and wife team behind our collection of Kenyan jewellery. Having worked with them at their family home for over five years we know all about...

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Hand Carved Olive Wood | Meet Zephania

The contemporary wooden products on sale here at AARVEN are hand carved in a Nairobi workshop run by one of the founders of the popular Maasai Market in Westlands, Zephania...

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Hand Felting in Nepal

AARVEN's felt collection of pom pom garlands are handmade by skilful Nepalese women artisans using their native and traditional techniques. This small, independent workshop started out by hiring and training just a few...

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Tanzanian Hand-loomed Doormats

We're excited to share the story of our stunning doormats, carefully loomed by a small collective in Tanzania, East Africa. It all started when our co-director, Bee, stumbled upon this talented...

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