Sisal Bowl
Clean coils and warm color: this Swazi sisal bowl is the everyday classic of the coil-weave family.
Handwoven in Eswatini (Swaziland) from coils of native grass wrapped in dyed sisal fiber, each bowl is worked in a bold geometric pattern. Every bowl is handmade and fairly traded, and each is one of a kind.
Set it out as a decorative bowl, hang it as woven wall art, or add it to a collection.
You will receive one bowl very similar to the one pictured. Dust gently; keep out of prolonged damp.
Product Size: Approximately 11 Inches Wide x 4.5 Inches Deep
Material: Grass, Sisal
Weaving Details
Coil weaving is the most difficult type of basket weaving. Sisal fibers are wrapped and stitched over a coil of grass. Controlling the thickness and evenness of the coils takes years of practice. As a bowl get larger, it takes exponentially more time to expand in diameter. The coils on each row become much longer as the bowl flares upwards and outwards. Adding an inch in diameter at the top of a basket could actually take as long or longer than the first several inches as the base of the basket. Time taken to weave a larger Masterweave basket often exceeds 120 hours.
Weaving Baskets in Eswatini (Swaziland)
The sisal plant, a species of agave and close relative of the yucca plant of the American Southwest, grows wild throughout Eswatini. Sisal fibers are so renowned for their strength that modern industry is increasingly using them as environmentally friendly strengthening agents.
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