Elefant Grass

🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉

Two years ago, we embarked on this journey with a belief in our talented weavers and their amazing baskets. As 2023 concluded, we celebrated securing our first retail partner! 🛍️ Thank you all for the support we have received—we can't wait to share what 2024 has in store for us 💫

And whatever you're hoping to achieve this year, trust in the process and embrace the unexpected! Life rarely goes as planned, but that's okay...

With love,
The Elefant Grass family 🐘🌿💚

🌟 LAST CALL for our GIVEAWAY! 🌟 Thanks to all who joined us at DC – your support means the world!

Tomorrow at 8pm EST we will announce the winner of our basket giveaway! 🎁
To participate, you should be following us on Instagram and have sent a DM saying “enter”… that’s it! Hurry, entry closes at 5pm EST so share this with your community for a chance to win.

Best of luck! 💁🏿‍♀️

CATCH US OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND! 🏃‍♀️💨💨

We’ll be selling our gorgeous baskets at DC holiday pop-up at , Saturday through Sunday 💫

The market will be host to more than 70 small, local businesses selling a range of wonderful items.

Come say hi!

Introducing THE ROUND BASKET – a timeless design that effortlessly adds a burst of vibrant color to your home while serving multiple purposes! 🌈✨

Visit our website for more (link in bio).

Hiiiii!

Thanks for taking the time to look at our page 🤎

We are Elefant Grass, an arts & crafts/ interiors shop working exclusively with African artisans.

Our founder, Nana (.ma ) is a British-born Ghanaian woman who grew up in a household that celebrated African art. Her father collected pieces from across the continent through decades of travel and exploration.

The value and mastery of this work was never in doubt. Yet, historically, the mainstream narrative of African produced goods has typically made them synonymous with being “cheap”. Unpopular opinion BUT a feature of capitalism/colonisation is to claim the worth of something is much less than it is, to extract as cheaply as possible and therefore increase profits at the end..

Today however, we are witnessing a renaissance in African art, from outside of the continent. African fine artists and sculptors are THRIVING in the international art world and we love to see it.

Elefant Grass has been created as a platform to create further access to the master skills of African weavers and other artisans. Our goods are meticulously handmade and the techniques used are centuries old - there’s currently no technology to produce these items by machine.

We work ethically and sustainably with our artists. This means paying significantly more than fair trade prices for goods (cos that’s a ruse too) and we provide the resources to support our team in working comfortably - this includes the provision of raw materials, factoring in time spent on production and not just the end product, and skills development with esteemed masters.

So, if you’re down with our mission, please support our page..

Our website with our products will be launching soon 🌳

Elefant Grass updated their business hours.