Sphere Hanakago Flower Basket vases from masterfully hand-tanning hides in

from masterfully hand-tanning hides in lime and shea butter

the Tuareg population continue to practice their distinctive crafts

gaining the pure satisfaction of a clean cut

The rich earthy colour palettes - drawn from natural dyes - blend effortlessly with any landscape and do not fade or bleed

Sphere Hanakago Flower Basket vases from masterfully hand-tanning hides inHanakago () "flower basket"This unique bamboo basket is late Meiji Taisho (1910 20s) period, designed for ikebana the Japanese art of floral arrangement and often used as an integral part of the Japanese tea ceremony. The body of this beautiful basket is loosely woven bamboo with a rounded belly intertwined with bamboo "rope".