Crafting the loop: exploring the role of craft in recycling, reclaiming and renewing

Craft is a creative practice which constantly engages with resourceful, economic and human-centred approaches. With its supplemental nature, craft naturally finds purpose alongside larger scale industries by making use of waste and under-utilised materials to create something new, useful and meaningful. In this insight series we will take a closer look at how some of…

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01 • Robin Seyfert, Basha Enterprises • Craft spaces that nurture, heal & empower

Robin Seyfert is the founder of Basha Enterprises, a social enterprise working throughout Bangladesh to support women who have been victim of trafficking or are at risk of exploitation. Basha provides secure employment through crafts which is complemented by a ‘wrap-around’ programme of social support services to assist the women in rebuilding their lives with dignity.

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Engaging Tourism with Craft Experiences

Creating engaging craft experiences for tourists is becoming an increasingly popular and effective way for crafts-based social enterprises (CBSEs) to bring increased awareness of their people and processes, as well as the social, cultural and environmental challenges their enterprise seeks to address. Throughout this insight series we will look at CBSE’s who actively engage consumers with…

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