AARVEN Journal

Jonathan - known as Jones - and his brother Bernard started their beadwork craft business in 1985. They began their business in Chitungwiza, just outside Hararein Zimbabwe. They started making wire toys for themselves and as...

ARTHOUSE Unlimited is a collective of artists living with complex epilepsy and learning disabilities and difficulties who require different levels of support. The artists work alongside instructors in their studio in...

Love Cocoa launched in July 2016, founded by James Cabury, great-great-great grandson of John Cadbury who set up the infamous Cadbury's chocolate nearly 200 years ago. James' company revives the...

All of our contemporary soapstone products are hand carved in Kisii, a small town in the South West of Kenya.  Our products are carved by a youth self help group,  started in...

I first met Julious in 2016 when he was working for a weaving group that Bee had discovered on a prior trip to Kenya. The night before our meeting there...

We were first introduced to Gordon Frimpong through the British Museum. He has previously worked with the museum curating and advising on an exhibitionof Ghananian textiles...

Whether it's the sweet Little Traveller pin brooches or the loveable Bunny Kats, everything made by Woza Moya is sure to put a smile on your face. Woza Moya (meaning Rise Up...

Our range of colourful Ghanaian wax cotton fans are expertly handmade for us by Joseph, a friendly local who runs a small business in Accra.

In my 8 years visiting Kenya I had never been up the Rift Valley. So in November 2018 I decided to take myself to Nakuru, boarding a local bus that...