FANT and Atelier Sukha share a very natural connection. We inspire each other and share thoughts and ideas. FANT loves the fairtrade way of working at Sukha. One of their projects they work with is a empowerment group they found while traveling through the poorest regions of Nepal. The women of this community practice handcrafted knitting.
Empowerment group of women In Nepal the women are born into a society where rights are subordinate to those of men. Girls are often married off at an early age with little or no education, no land rights or no options for independent income. Because of this project women get a stable income, access to daycare for their children, education, healthcare and regular check ups of dentists and gynecologists. At the moment they are establishing a clean water force for the dyeing unit.
Collaboration With the creative knowledge of knitwear from FANT and the established quality of wool from Sukha we started mixing. FANT made some hand knitted swatches to develop the stitches and Sukha took the ideas with them on their travel. After checking the sample together and adding some fun the style was born: A hand knitted coat/cardigan called Joy (named after a cheerful girl)
PostcardsFANTS WORLD After so many projects and taking pictures , FANT decided to take the most interesting ones to use for postcards. Some of them are details of earlier products, other’s where made in the process and never came to the public’s eye. All postcards are printed on sustainable paper like hennep-paper, grass-paper or recycled [...]
NATURAL DYINGLIMITED EDITIONS Delicate, light and quirky scarfs, produced in a crafted and artisanal way, are the result of a magic process. It all starts by combining the softest virgin organic wool and plant-based dyes. Let them share the intimacy of warm water and that’s where “life” starts… It looks like every scarf is changing in an [...]
FROM ITALY WITH LOVE...CRAFTMENSHIP Love to work with such soft delicate yarns! Italy has a great heritage of how to handle with care; by sharing a space with ideas, people and machineries they create sustainable quality. FANT likes to use and re-use, and create an everlasting style. Easy jumpers with a twist on it's own; a [...]
ABANDONED PIECESHANDMADE Long time ago I made myself a bracelet of an old one of my mother. A jade-stone bracelet which I covered with leather. When I started FANT, I could not imagine it was soo hard to find the right address. Till I met Juno of Studio Klare Taal. It's a social workplace where [...]
PROJECT #02 NEPAL
FANT X SUKHA
HAND KNITTED
FANT and Atelier Sukha share a very natural connection. We inspire each other and share thoughts and ideas. FANT loves the fairtrade way of working at Sukha. One of their projects they work with is a empowerment group they found while traveling through the poorest regions of Nepal. The women of this community practice handcrafted knitting.
Empowerment group of women
In Nepal the women are born into a society where rights are subordinate to those of men. Girls are often married off at an early age with little or no education, no land rights or no options for independent income. Because of this project women get a stable income, access to daycare for their children, education, healthcare and regular check ups of dentists and gynecologists. At the moment they are establishing a clean water force for the dyeing unit.
Collaboration
With the creative knowledge of knitwear from FANT and the established quality of wool from Sukha we started mixing. FANT made some hand knitted swatches to develop the stitches and Sukha took the ideas with them on their travel. After checking the sample together and adding some fun the style was born: A hand knitted coat/cardigan called Joy (named after a cheerful girl)
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