Framed Floral Coasters Handmade by Women Artisans (Set of 4)

These one of a kind coasters feature delicate artwork made by intricately arranging natural, dried, pressed petals and leaves into floral patterns. They make a unique gift to someone who loves flowers and truly elevate your dinner party decor. You could also get really innovative and frame the set to truly put their beauty on display.
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Why we like it
Gorgeous and green, these coasters are a useful product with a great origin story. They are handmade using discarded flowers by a collective of erstwhile women waste pickers turned skilled artists who are moving out of a life of poverty and towards financial freedom.

The Product

Product name: Framed Floral Coasters Handmade by Women Artisans (Set of 4)
Package contents: Framed Floral Coasters Handmade by Women Artisans (Set of 4)
Dimensions (cms): 9.5cms x 11.5cms x 7cms
Materials: Cardboard, Handmade paper & Dry Flowers

These one of a kind coasters feature delicate artwork made by intricately arranging natural, dried, pressed petals and leaves into floral patterns. They make a unique gift to someone who loves flowers. Give it pride of place in your home and put your keen aesthetic on display at your next dinner party.

The Artisans
This product has been painstakingly crafted by a collective of women in the Ghazipur slum community who formerly worked as wastepickers. The women are trained in embroidery, stitching and delicate floral art, thereby giving them the skills they need to become financially selfsufficient. Some of the women are employed in a womenrun centre in East Ghazipur where they make these unique and useful products. The making of these products transforms these women from wastepickers into skilled artisans and provides them a safe, dignified and sustainable livelihood.

Your Impact
Environmental impact
This product uses ecofriendly materials like discarded flowers and recycled material. It thus saves virgin resources and keeps hundreds of tons of used flowers from being dumped in the garbage or thrown into water bodies.

Social impact
This is more than just a beautifully crafted product. Its making has helped upskill and provide alternative employment and a stable income to more than 100 underprivileged women who were formerly engaged in wastepicking. It empowers them to move out of a life of poverty, illness and uncertainty into a life of respect and economic selfreliance.