Hand woven baskets and bowls made from telephone wire
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The Zulu women in South Africa are well known for their basket weaving abilities. They have applied these skills to making great looking baskets and bowls of various shapes and sizes, from telephone wire. The discarded telephone wire provides a great raw material and because of the different colours, each bowl is slightly different.
As well as utilising an obsolete material, the proceeds from sales is helping the Zulu communities support themselves rather than becoming reliant on government and foreign aid. Many of them have been affected by HIV/AIDS and the money helps them receive health education in addition to the basic education needs. The locals own the businesses and it is not simply a case of a business person taking advantage of the Zulu women.
You can view more designs and buy the telephone wire woven bowls from the Original Women website.
