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A warm blanket woven in Scandinavian and New Zealand wool in a classic, understated beige and black diamond pattern, ideal for curling up on the sofa on a cold night. Woven by the master weavers at Lapuan Kankurit, in the Ostrobothnian district of western Finland. All yarns are spun as well as dyed ..

A warm blanket woven in Scandinavian and New Zealand wool in a classic, understated grey and forest green diamond pattern, ideal for curling up on the sofa on a cold night. Woven by the master weavers at Lapuan Kankurit, in the Ostrobothnian district of western Finland. All yarns are spun as well as..

A 130 x 180cm blanket of Scandinavian and New Zealand wool. A very warm blanket in a classic, understated grey and white diamond pattern, ideal for curling up on the sofa on a cold night. Woven by the master weavers at Lapuan Kankurit, in the Ostrobothnian district of western Finland. All yarns are ..

A thick and soft natural white, merino and pure new wool blanket with stripes and fringes in yarn-dyed dark grey, woven in Lapua, Finland. Created by the skilled artisans at the workshops of Lapuan Kankurit, a fourth generation weavers set in a mill initially founded by husband and wife Juha and Lii..

A 100% pure new wool blanket woven in Lapua, Finland, at the workshops of Lapuan Kankurit, run by a fourth generation weaving family and a mill initially set up by husband and wife Juha and Liisa Hjelt, but now run by their son Esko and his wife Jaana. The yarn used in this blanket is spun from the ..

A sumptuously thick, warm and soft blanket, This product is woven and finished in Lapua from wool yarn spun from certified Wool Integrity New Zealand fibre. The warp used is South American wool fibre spun in Europe. Woven by the master weavers at Lapuan Kankurit, in the Ostrobothnian district of wes..

A sumptuously thick, warm and soft blanket, This product is woven and finished in Lapua from wool yarn spun from certified Wool Integrity New Zealand fibre. The warp used is South American wool fibre spun in Europe. Woven by the master weavers at Lapuan Kankurit, in the Ostrobothnian district of wes..

A sumptuously warm and thick blanket, made as part of Lapuan Kankurit's project aiming to create blankets wholly made in Finland, including the tending of the sheep from whom the wool comes. After the wool is gathered from local sheep farms, it is washed, spun and woven by the master weavers at Lapu..

A sumptuously warm and thick blanket, made as part of Lapuan Kankurit's project aiming to create blankets wholly made in Finland, including the tending of the sheep from whom the wool comes. After the wool is gathered from local sheep farms, it is washed, spun and woven by the master weavers at Lapu..

A sumptuously warm and thick blanket in Natural Brown with soft white twisted fringes to either end, made as part of Lapuan Kankurit's project aiming to create blankets wholly made in Finland, including the tending of the sheep from whom the wool comes. After the wool is gathered from local sheep fa..

Hand turned light pulls in various designs made from various indigenous hardwoods in the workshop of Alistair Phillips, set in the South Oxfordshire Chiltern hills. Turned from fallen hardwood timber, each pull turned to a shape which suits the particular piece of wood which is in hand. Finished to ..

A soft mid-brown leather card holder wallet, with four pockets for cards, and larger pockets behind for notes. Hand made in Stamford, Lincolnshire, at a small family-run press established in the 1950s. Small yet practical, the wallet is made from soft calf leather that is delicately hand dyed i..

A high quality, classic folded wallet, made from exquisitely soft, deep brown washed leather, skilfully cut and sewn in Japan. With pockets for cards, an integrated coin purse with pop-closure, and space for bank notes. Fits perfectly in a back pocket, measuring 11.5 x 10cm when folded, with a weigh..

A log or blanket storage basket, hand woven of birch strips of between five and seven centimetres width using methods thought to have been in use throughout the Fennoscandian Peninsula since before recorded history. From a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Measuring about 50cm front to ..

A traditional Finnish fire-formed rattan hook with a hand-carved grip, used for reaching backwards over one's shoulder to press out and massage knots amidst the muscles of the upper back. Simply locate the end of the hook upon a muscular knot or tight area, and pull forward to ease tightness. Rattan..

A handy small brush with a light wooden handle and golden palm fibres, pressed between a metal stock and bound with red twine and wire. Somewhere between tampico and shuro in stiffness, and water resistant, these brushes are great for small sweeping jobs, to sweep crumbs or eraser particles from tab..

A handled scrubbing brush, made from birch with bristles of tampico fibre — a water and chemically resistant plant fibre from the Mexican Agave Lechugilla. The Swedish tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, wh..

A handled scrubbing brush, made from beech with bristles of union blend - a mix of hard palmyra palm and softer tampico fibres. The Swedish tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, which employs over 30 such ind..

A soft shoe polishing brush made from oiled beech and light horsehair. Best used after the shoes have been allowed to absorb the (sparingly applied) polish for about 15 minutes to buff the leather back to a deep shine, before a final high polish with a fine soft cloth. Like many things an approach o..

A simple hand stitched hand broom of beech, medium soft grey-brown horse hair, and steel wire. For use with a dustpan as a floor or bench broom. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft employment for the visually impaired,..

A traditionally made Chinese broom of whole and split golden bamboo, with a long handle made from a single stem of dried bamboo, and a fan-shaped head made from split stems, hand formed and tightly wire-bound. A lightweight but stiff brush ideal for the quick and regular sweeping of yards or smaller..

A mid-length, bamboo-handled, copper-bound, five bundle shuro floor broom particularly recommended for wooden (or tatami) floors as the fibres contain natural oils especially beneficial to these surfaces. Shuro is an interwoven fibrous sheath harvested from the trunk of hemp palms. Made using tradit..

A hand-sewn, shaped, and assembled dark horsehair broom with a waxed and dyed beech stock, and detachable softwood handle. The moderately soft fine bristles are ideally suited to the sweeping of most internal floors, collecting dust and fine particles more effectively than stiffer synthetic or veget..

A beautiful low kick broom ideal for delicate parquet, hardwood, marble, or smooth stone floors. Made of exceptionally soft goat-hair hand sewn into an oiled oak stock. From a family owned and run brush making workshop in the town of Versmold, in North Rhine-Westphalia, a company who since the 1930s..

A hand drawn brush of long arenga fibre stitched into a birch stock and handle. Arenga - derived from the trunks of a South East Asian sugar palm - is considered one of the hardest wearing of all natural brush fibres, traditionally used for marine ropes and caulk, its water resistance and flexibilit..

A long, bamboo-handled, copper-bound, seven bundle shuro floor broom particularly recommended for wooden (or tatami) floors as the fibres contain natural oils especially beneficial to these surfaces. Shuro is an interwoven fibrous sheath harvested from the trunk of hemp palms. Made using traditional..

Swedish broom suitable for outdoor or indoor use, made from birch and palmyra fibre (bassine) from the same Indian palm as the 'delicious' sago. In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continues today in the form of Iris Hantwer..

With a stock shaped from boreal birch, the shorter fibres are of light coloured tampico (harvested from an agave found only in the Chihuahuan desert). The longer dark arenga (a type of palm fibre traditionally used for the most hardwearing nautical rope) is slightly stiffer, to reach and clean betwe..

A simple two peg hanging rack made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes and other well considered household moveables. Useful as a small coa..

A simple four peg hanging rack made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes and other well considered household moveables. Useful as a small co..

Stripped rattan carpet-beaters hand formed and bound by the visually impaired craftspeople of a Vantaa based Finnish cooperative. In two sizes, the larger (Carpet beater no.2) is triple braided for stiffness and good for heavier rugs, moveable carpets, and thicker tapestry blankets, whilst the small..

A stripped rattan carpet-beater, hand formed and bound by the visually impaired craftspeople of a Vantaa based Finnish cooperative. Triple braided for stiffness and good for heavier rugs, moveable carpets, and thicker tapestry blankets, measures approximately 70cm by 27cm across the head...

A simple clip or peg, shaped from steel sheet into the shape of a fish. Hand made by a small family enterprise in India. These strong little clips are great for use in the kitchen, for sealing bags of food, etc, for holding papers together on your desk, or any other use you can think of! One peg sup..

In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, which not only employs over 30 such individuals but also produces some of the worlds most beautiful and high quality brushes. These however ar..

A clothes brush made from waxed pear-wood and strong black natural hog bristle. This classic clothes brush is mounted with seven rows of bristle and makes an ideal dressing table or cloak room brush. Grooves for finger and thumb run along the sides of the brush, for a comfortable hold while you work..

A soft shoe polishing brush made from oiled beech and dark horsehair. Best used after the shoes have been allowed to absorb the (sparingly applied) polish for about 15 minutes to buff the leather back to a deep shine, before a final high polish with a fine soft cloth. Like many things, an approach o..

A natural ox-horn shoe or boot horn, hand formed and polished in Carnforth, Lancashire, using techniques and processes that have barely changed for centuries. Cut along the grain of the horn for strength, and subject to natural variations in colour ranging from almost white, through translucent ambe..

A traditional wooden straight form shoe horn, shaped from beechwood, oiled and fitted with a leather hanging strap. Useful for putting on boots, or for those with limited mobility. Made by a German family business who have been making beautiful household and grooming tools from natural materials for..

A heat formed and bound rattan cane hanger from Finland, hand produced by the crafts people of a Vaanta based visually impaired workers co-operative. Rattan is a kind of climbing palm or vine the cultivation of which is being encouraged by some conservationists as a means of preserving the forest gr..

A circular soap dish with raised ridges for improved drainage and longer-lasting soap, cut from natural cork. Made in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where visually impaired craftsmen find gainful employment in the production of hand sewn brushes and unique considered home-ware. Rinse the soap dish ..

A deceptively simple, highly functional soap dish, the product of a collaboration between designer Tim Toomey and woodworkers LulaJames, based in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Fine wood machining skills allow the crafting of a solid wood monoblock scalloped and grooved design, keeping your soap from ..

A traditionally made Bolesławiec soap dish from Lower Silesia, Poland. Bolesławiec ceramics are favoured for their heat resistance, which makes them both dishwasher and microwave safe. Perfect for displaying any soap in either the kitchen or washroom. Please note that due to the hand-made natur..

A hand-cast fine concrete soap dish with flat facets sloping towards a central drainage hole. The concrete is cast using a relatively viscous mix, resulting in a surface finish characterised by a varying smoothness with colour variations — this natural material will acquire a beautiful patina with t..

A simple, circular shaving cup, in natural glaze. Traditional ceramics from Lower Silesia (Poland), Bolesławiec pots are still made and glazed by hand in the traditional way. The special advantage to which Bolesławiec ceramics owe their popularity, among other things, is their fire-resistance which ..

A nailbrush of oil treated maple and tampico fibre hand-stitched in Sweden. Tampico is a moderately stiff vegetable fibre harvested from an agave found only in the Chihuahuan desert. The fibres have a microscopically barbed surface, which helps hold water for more effective cleaning, and l..

3.5" nickel plated nail scissors, with properly curved blades. Made in Sheffield by William Whiteley & Sons, who since 1760, through 11 generations have specialized in the manufacture of fine scissors and shears., who since 1760, through 11 generations have specialized in the manufacture of fine sci..

A hand made face brush of golden horse-hair stitched into an oiled European oak stock, or handle. The horse-hair brush is intended for wet use, with your favourite soap or cleanser, to provide an invigorating and exfoliating massage to cleanse and awaken the skin. Made by the the company o..

A hand made face brush of soft white goat-hair stitched into an oiled walnut stock, or handle. The goat-hair brush is for dry use, to gently cleanse and massage the face, stimulating blood flow and gently removing dead skin cells. Made by the the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden an..

A hand made face standing face brush of dark horse-hair stitched into an oiled walnut handle, with a small and compact form factor. The horse-hair brush is intended for wet use, with your favourite soap or cleanser, to provide an invigorating and exfoliating massage to cleanse and awaken t..

A handsome beard brush with an oiled walnut stock and hand-stitched black China (hog) bristles, whose firmness will tame even the wildest of facial furniture. Made by Iris Hantverk, whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft employment for the visually impair..