Ghana · est. 2018
Akosua Mensah
Bolgatanga Women's Weavers
- Craft
- Bolga baskets
- Experience
- 32 years weaving
The Makers
142 artisans. Seven countries. We know them all by name.
We work exclusively with worker-owned cooperatives. Below is a small selection of the lead artisans we collaborate with — the names of the people whose hands actually made the things we sell.
Mali · est. 2019
Fatoumata Diarra
Ségou Mudcloth Collective
- Craft
- Bògòlanfini textiles
- Experience
- Third generation
Burkina Faso · est. 2020
Yusuf Ouédraogo
Tanghin Potters' Guild
- Craft
- Terracotta vessels
- Experience
- 21 years at the wheel
Kenya · est. 2021
Naserian Sankale
Kajiado Beadworkers
- Craft
- Maasai beadwork
- Experience
- Lead designer
Senegal · est. 2022
Aminata Diop
Saint-Louis Indigo Studio
- Craft
- Indigo dyeing
- Experience
- Master dyer
Rwanda · est. 2023
Claudine Uwase
Nyamirambo Co-op
- Craft
- Imigongo art
- Experience
- Founding member
"My grandmother taught me. I am teaching my daughter. The baskets travel further than any of us ever will."
— Akosua Mensah, Bolgatanga
How we pick partners.
We only partner with worker-owned cooperatives — never factories, never broker arrangements. Each partner is vetted on five things: fair internal wages, safe working conditions, no child labor, transparent finances, and ecological materials sourcing.
We re-audit annually. If a partner can't pass, we walk away and we say why.
