Africa Nova - Contemporary Craft - Recycled industrial materials are the media of the New African crafter: imaginative basketry woven from brightly coloured plastic-coated telephone wire; plastic bags re-made into handbags using cut-pile carpet techniques; fabric off-cuts made into hooked rug handbags; milk bottles, cable ties, sweet wrappers, rubber from tyres and the like are remade as entertaining yet useful artefacts

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‘Zulu Mama’ chair designed by Haldane Martin.

Wooden monkey puppet
by Tamie Kiti

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