Flamingo flower cushion , hand embroidered

Yellow Hibiscus Flamingo, embroidered cushion

Availability: In Stock

Regular price: £113.00
Regular price
Sale price: £113.00
Unit price: per

Yellow Hibiscus Flamingo, embroidered cushion

£113.00

Quantity:

Yellow Hibiscus Flamingo, embroidered cushion

£113.00

Description
Shipping & Return

Description

Product : A unique collage of flamingos and yellow hibiscus flowers, in appliqué and embroidery on a hand loomed cotton cushion.

The cloth is called a "Faso Dan Fani", it is hand woven cotton in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and embroidered by a organisation of women artisans working for a social enterprise in Cape Town.

An edition of 3 cushions, each piece is one of a kind, embroidered with different flowers and flamingos.

A Storie product made in collaboration with artisans from Burkina Faso and South Africa.

Craft: This fabric is known as Faso Dan Fani, and each design is a woven story, full of symbols. It is made using a generations-old method of hand-weaving practised in West Africa. Faso Dan Fani literally means "woven loincloth of the homeland". The production of this fabric is of both economic and cultural importance in Burkina Faso, and it's continued production is a mater of national pride.

Storie makes these cushions, and works with these creators in order to transmit the knowledge of these traditional crafts, to promote this intangible cultural heritage, as well as economic autonomy of these craftspeople.

Embroidery: Heartworks was founded in Cape Town in 2005 as a springboard for a group of marginalised women (many of whom have HIV). The organisation helps train the women in fine embroidery. United by their talent, these women, from South Africa, Congo and Zambia, are artists. Each of their works is unique, and the women refer to their work as "haute couture" creations, and they are pieces for a colleciton. The group now involves more than 30 women, enabling them to generate a decent income and acquire the confidence to move forward in their lives

In detail: 30 x 50 cm. Cushion in hand-woven and embroidered cotton.

Sold with feathers and foam inner.

Hand wash.

No tumble dry.

Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You can return your new purchases within 14 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs, but only if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). If you have questions about a product before buying, do drop us a line and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

You can expect to receive your refund within two weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, normally the processing time will be quicker. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper, the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it, and for your bank to process our refund request.

If you want to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We want you to get your order as soon as possible and we’ll do our best to ship your order the next day, but processing orders can take up to 3 days. We’ll let you know as soon as the order is fulfilled.

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. However, there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations due to prohibitively high shipping costs. Do reach out to us if shipping of the objects you love does not include your zone.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full kg.

The Stories

This craft story starts with a name, which neatly sums it up: Faso Dan Fani translates literally as “woven loincloth of the homeland”. This beautiful thick, hand woven cotton is incontestably emblematic of Burkina Faso. A cloth worn by generations of Burkinabé, a cotton picked and processed in the country, and a catalogue of patterns and motifs that tell a cultural history of the country.

Read the full story

The attraction of something handmade is the obvious human touch in an object; well made craft has some kind of soul. This is certainly the case with all things by Heartworks, a group of women artisans set up in Cape Town in 2000 by Margaret Woermann, an artist in her own right. The group was created to train, and offer safe and stable work to marginalised women, the crafters here come from far and wide.....

Read the full story