Thai Elephant Potholder
$9.95
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Bring the whimsy of playful elephants to your table with one of our Thai Elephant Potholders. Exclusive to us, they are available in your choice Red or Green patterns.
Handmade in Thailand by a cooperative of retired art teachers, each potholder is made with 100% cotton around a polyester fill for heat absorption. A loop for hanging provides the tail for each playful pachyderm.
Potholder measures 7" x 7.5" (17.8 x 19 cm). Handmade in and fair-trade imported from Thailand.
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Thai Textile Artisans
Location: Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
In a remote northern Thai village in Chiang Mai province, whimsical pieced textiles are bringing opportunity to rural women and retired school teachers. Nearly the entire process – growing, harvesting, spinning, dyeing, designing and weaving - is done in the confines of this small village, creating economic opportunity that wasn't there before. Using home-grown cotton and natural dyes, the artisans spin and hand-weave the fibers into lovely colorful fabric. By using skills that have been passed down from generation to generation for over 300 years, the production of these items ensures that the tradition of spinning, dyeing, and weaving will continue to thrive for years to come.
Once the fabric has been created, quite literally from the ground up, it is hand-pieced by retired teachers in and around the city of Chiang Mai. In Thailand, there is no social security system, so retired teachers often have no source of income and must rely on their children to take care of them. By producing these products, these retired art teachers from the Chiang Mai Public School system are able to remain financially self-sufficient and are living proof to younger generations that art is sustainable and productive.
