Telephone Wire Bowl #413 Red Handcrafted batik created by applying

Handcrafted batik created by applying wax with a carved stamp to a solid color base cloth

and smoothly ironed

A 7-inch basket requires about 15 hours to prepare and spin the fiber and another 15 hours for the actual weaving

Hand stamped batik created by applying wax with a carved stamp to a solid color base cloth

The fold create a resist area where the original color of the cloth is preserved

Telephone Wire Bowl #413 Red Handcrafted batik created by applyingMade by hand in the Kwa Zulu province of South Africa. Telephone wire is meticulously woven into this functional basket or bowl by a group of rural women. A beautiful art object, it can also be used as a serving vessel for nuts bread or crackers. To wash simply swish in detergent water , rinse and let dry, 9" diameter 2. 5 deep