Handmade flax (Harakeke / Phorimium Tenax) kete / basket woven using traditional Maori weaving techniques and perfect for taking to the beach, carrying shopping or just as an every day handbag or "man bag." The flax which is a hardy natural fibre of New Zealand has been heat treated to aid export.
Flax is indigenous to New Zealand and belongs to the Lily family. It has strong fibrous qualities and hence was widely used by Maori for clothing, mats, baskets and fishing. In the 1800's a small rope making industry was established creating flax fibre rope.
Size: 260mm h (excluding handles) x 320mm w x 100mm
Woven flax basket
Plaited flax handles
Created by Jasmine Clark, Arrowtown
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Favourite New Zealand destination?The wild west coast beaches where I can beachcomb for shells, driftwood and sea life, a good holiday is when the car heads home jam packed will buckets of rocks, sacks of shells and driftwood tied on the roof! Favourite childhood memory? Travelling around the South Island with my family when I was 13 in a house bus The most environmentally friendly thing you do? The choice of materials I use in my work. The work I create is all made from natural found materials which I collect and utilize, from flax, rocks, willow, shells and wood, collecting the material is all part of the journey.
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