CRAFT

Hammered iron decorative objects are unique pieces made entirely by hand in Senegal. Original & contemporary objects.

Since it is a craft and not an industrial work, the decorative objects have imperfections or irregularities.

The iron is treated & varnished. Interior and exterior decoration.

The shop also offers interior furniture in hammered metal: baroque side table, coffee table, baroque console, baroque chair, bar stool.

 

 

METAL OBJECT

The fishing line furniture is hand woven by a weaver. This weaving is woven on a wrought iron sculpture made by an art blacksmith.


There are a multitude of models and colors. This design furniture is intended to decorate your interior as well as your exterior.


Lights, table, chair, living room are possible to achieve.

 

FISHING LINE FURNITURE

Basketry in Senegal is handmade with straw and recycled plastic threads of all colors.


There are a multitude of shapes and colors. The Basketry of the Wolof Art Boutique is made in Senegal.

This Senegalese basketwork can brighten up your interior, you can use it as storage space in a bedroom, kitchen or bathroom.


Ideal for storing your cosmetics, your clothes, your children’s toys, cushions and large duvets.

 

BASKET

Coaster painting is a difficult artistic technique that is executed directly on a sheet of glass.

The glass supports the paint like a canvas. It is through this support that we contemplate the work.

Thus the glass serves both as a support and as a protective varnish. Note that it is a cold technique so that the process does not require baking.

The pigment is bound to the glass by an oily vehicle most often based on varnish. It usually takes about fifteen hours to make a coaster!

PAINT UNDER GLASS

Paper mache sculptures are made from a mixture of flour and craft paper.

They are generally produced with a wire frame depending on the model.

Often covered with fabric or simply painted by hand, all these creations are handmade in Dakar.

There are many creations: animals, characters, trophy heads, lights…

PAPER MACHE

The shop also offers decoration in Wax: Cushion, lighting, cachepot…


The Wax is not of African origin in reality. It has been made in Indonesia for several centuries, where Holland has several colonies there. But when the Indonesians revolted against this colonization after the Second World War, the Dutch recruited mercenaries in their trading posts on the coasts of West Africa. It is in particular the Ghanaian mercenaries who returned from Borneo and Sumatra after the conflict, bring home the typical fabric of Indonesia the Batik and it is according to its manufacturing technique that it will be renamed wax (which means wax) .


As soon as it arrived in West Africa, the fabric was a resounding success which is still undeniable today. The Dutch, then the English, noting the enthusiasm and the strong demand, embarked on the production of wax at home. They had the monopoly of this fabric until the 1960s, a period during which Ghana set up prohibitive customs duties and launched its own local production. Ghana is followed by Ivory Coast and Senegal which set up manufacturing plants in their capitals to compete with Dutch wax.

WAX CONCEPT