About Me

What we do?

African Craft Stands‘ aim is to harmonize the mindset of producers and consumers. We trade fairly, produce locally and have small water & carbon footprints. We try to learn and understand African TRADITION. We take these lessons and bring sunshine to Western shores—INNOVATION.

African Craft Stand is a co-operative. Our products are purchased directly from individual artists and producer groups in Africa providing a much-needed source of income for African communities. We have developed long term sustainable relationships with the artists that we work with. We hope you will enjoy browsing and shopping on our website and offer our assurance that you can shop securely and confidently, with the knowledge that your purchase(s) will directly benefit the producer in Africa.

The featured art and individual artists have been carefully selected for their originality, artistic expression and quality of workmanship resulting in a unique and stylish collection of Africa's finest artistic talent.

Customers buying from our website should be aware that due to the handcrafted nature of the items and the medium of natural materials used, slight variations in color, shape and size are inevitable. No two items are exactly the same and it is this that lends beauty, personality and spirit. However, we will always do our best to supply as closely as is realistically possible, to the images on our website and assure you our quality is second to none!

Our collections tell stories of exquisitely detailed beauty. The beauty of our collections lies in a seamless blend of cultures, traditional crafts and innovative techniques, furthering equitable trade with each print or stitch made. That is what we are about—exploring African cultures working with artisans to make beautiful goods.