handmade planters

Add an elegant aura to your interiors with Sandeep Malhotra's newest creation. Crafted by Indian artisans, this braided cotton hanging planter features a fascinating design embellished with mango wood beads for a bohemian touch. Furthermore, the braids tightly embrace a sturdy iron hoop that allows you to place a 4.5-inch diameter flower pot.

Handmade of cotton and faux leather, this planner will bring you to a reef-side paradise. The artisans at Bukuku create the journal, featuring a brown color with traditional batik motifs. Inside, the planner features 50 ruled cotton pages held secure by steel rings that open. The inside of the planner's cover features three slots for storing business cards.

Handmade of cotton and faux leather, this planner will bring you to your very own writer's Eden. The artisans at Bukuku create the planner, featuring a deep blue color with traditional batik motifs. Inside, the planner features 50 ruled cotton pages held secure by steel rings that open. The inside of the planner's cover features three slots for storing business cards.

Hang indoor plants from the ceiling or a door and display them all year long with this handmade cotton flower pot holder. Thai artisans Saw and Buakham craft this pot holder using the macrame method from cotton thread, incorporating a mango wood rod for structure. This hanger fits pots up to 4.25 inches high by 5 inches wide; please note that the pot shown is not included.

This adorable cushion cover makes a case for once again enjoying the lowly living room couch, bringing the plants and wildlife of the jungle to the space where guests marvel and stories echo. Working on the traditional backstrap loom, artisan Lorena Perez crafts this cover from thread to finished product - all by hand. Embroidering the front of this cushion cover, Lorenza creates a scene from the rainforest, with flowers, a tree, a wetland and birds. The rear of the cover exposes the opening for inserting a 16x16 inch cushion.

Leonor Quispe turns her eye to Peru's Amazon region, teeming with livestock and tropical plant life. Monkeys frolic in the treetops where colorful macaws build their nests. Celebrating biodiversity, the artisan works in the traditional art of arpillera (patchwork) to create this delightful wall hanging. Each tiny figure is crafted in three dimensions and lavishly embroidered.

A display rod can be slipped through an opening at the top.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente is woven by hand in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of blue, pink and cream. The scarf's width allows it to double as a shawl.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, saffron, brown and aqua.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.