the Lookbook - Ten Thousand Villages

Spring
MA DE WIT H LOVE
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Spring is a fine time for a fresh look, don’t you
think? At Ten Thousand Villages, we love a new take,
especially when it’s rooted in an age-old tradition.
In fact, this is one of our company’s core values —
working together, with makers around the world,
to develop new designs that combine traditional
skills and crafting methods, from weaving to
metalwork, from ceramics to carving.
The Mid Century Sari Chair is among the most
colorful illustrations of this principle. Weaving skills
and recycled materials are combined to execute a
current trend (which just happens to be a throwback)
and create jobs for women in Bangladesh. It’s past
meets past meets present (that’s really past) to
create a future. Now that’s transformational.
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MID C E N T URY SA R I C H A IR | Bangladesh | $275
b MID C E N T URY SA R I SID E TA BL E | Bangladesh | $195
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W IR E BIK E K E Y R AC K | Kenya | $29
d PR E C IO US E A RT H T E R R A R IUM | India | $59
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L ABRAD ORI T E FRESHWATER PEAR L NECK LACE | Peru | $125
b GARN ET AR ROW EAR R INGS | Nepal | $69
c S MOKY TOPAZ N ECK LACE AND EAR R INGS | India | $125, $59
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IN D UST R IA L C HI C C U P C A KE STA N D
India | $49
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I N D UST RI AL CHIC CAK E STAND | India | $29
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BOT T L E BEEHIVE W INE R ACK | India | $79
c AP RI L S H OWERS WATER ING CAN | India | $24
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MR. ANWAR SALEEM’S WORKSHOP
MORADABAD, INDIA
The Makers
METAL WORKER
MOHAMMED CHAND
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Moradabad, India’s “brass city” is home to a
centuries-old metal-crafting tradition, passed down
through generations. Three decades ago, faced with
the high cost of raw materials and the low prices
of the traditional export market, metalworkers
were abandoning the craft in search of other
employment. To preserve this piece of India’s
cultural heritage and the livelihoods of makers,
Samuel Masih founded Noah’s Ark.
Today, in workshops like Anwar Saleem’s, metal
work is thriving. Noah’s Ark helps these highly
skilled craftspeople create contemporary designs
with innovative materials. It also provides medical
and dental clinics, operates neighborhood schools,
and installs water filtration systems in artisans’
homes — efforts founded in Masih’s belief that,
together, economic opportunity, education and
health can change lives and lift entire communities
out of poverty.
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WAT E R IN G C A N
India | $24
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C O L D C AVE TA PE R H O L D E R | Pakistan | $16
C O L D C AVE T E A L IG H T H O L D E R | Pakistan | $24
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C O L D C AVE VA SE | Pakistan | $29
d C H E VRO N C A PIZ L A MP | Philippines | $99
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G E O ME T R IC SH E LVE S | Indonesia | $69 each
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VIE T N A ME SE E SPR E SSO SE T
Vietnam | $39
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a L AYERED FROST NAPK IN | India | $6
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BRUS H ST ROK ES MU G | Vietnam | $18
c REFI N ED ST YL E NAPK IN R ING SET | India | $18
H AP PY EL EP H AN T EYEGLASSES HOLDER | Peru | $24
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H OS P I TAL I T Y CHEESE K NIVES SET | India | $49
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TOGET H ERN ES S PILLOW COVER | India | $69
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A N C IE N T STO R IE S MUG | Vi et n am | $ 1 8
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A N C IE N T STO R IE S PL AT E | Vietnam | $18
O N Y X E L E PH A N T BOA R D A N D D ISH | Pakistan | $49, $16
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A N C IE N T STO R IE S T E A SE T | Vietnam | $29
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A N C IE N T STO R IE S FLOW E R VA SE | Vietnam | $18
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The Maker
JEWELRY MAKER
DIANA PISCO LOON
WITH DAUGHTER
ROMINA
SAT IN & PLUM TAG UA N E C K L AC E
Ecuador | $34
Known as “vegetable ivory,” tagua nut is an
ethical alternative produced by palm-like trees
in the tropics of South America. Nuts fall to
the ground when ripe, so not only are they
harvested sustainably, the value of tagua in craft
production encourages rainforest preservation.
Tagua has a long history of use in jewelry
and decoration — it was exported widely and
commonly used for buttons before plastic
became available — because it takes dye well
and is exceptionally easy to cut and shape.
And carving is what Diana Pisco Loon does
best. “I am more comfortable with a Dremel
than a pen,” she says. In her workshop in Quito,
Ecuador, situated high on a hill overlooking
the city, she creates unique jewelry, drawing
inspiration from life around her, taking tagua
from raw nut to final product under one roof.
She is an artist; tagua is her canvas.
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B R E A ST P LAT E -GL AS S
India | $59
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N AT IVE SPIR IT
N E C K L AC E
India | $59
a TAGUA MEADOW NECK LACE | Ecuador | $49
WI N E & D I N E BAMBOO PLATE SET | Vietnam | $18
c L EMON GR ASS SOAP | India | $12
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As the world’s original fair trader, we are
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committed to alleviating poverty around the
craftspeople in 30 developing countries.
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as Ten Thousand Villages and provides
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income to 20,000 craftspeople in 30
developing countries.
At Ten Thousand Villages, every product,
every purchase, for 70 years, has been
rooted in the principles of fair trade —
fair prices, advance payments, long term
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relationships,
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environmental
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giving people around the world
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