Aug 17, 2019
Updated: Jun 25, 2021
Once unusable fan covers, the transformation into these versatile trays is brilliant. Challenging traditional weaving skills, this painstaking process takes up to 50 hours or more from harvesting, splitting and processing the material to weaving a finished piece.
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Traditional hand tools are used to cut and strip the rattan
Each piece is painstakingly handwoven
The process: before, during and once completed
The community of weavers at Rh.Kerapa Spak, Betong
Award certificate from World crafts Council, in recognition of this woven craft (2018)