Mango Wood Swirl Pot

Keep pins, paperclips or other oddments tidied away in this lidded Mango wood Fair Trade pot with swirling burr walnut-effect finish.

A beautiful gift, which comes in its own attractive box. 

This Fair Trade pot was handmade with great skill by artisans in Thailand.

"Khob khun mak krab." ("Thank you", in Thai.)

Dimensions of pot - diameter 10 cm  x  height 8 cm approx.

Employs 80 craftspeople across 15 villages in the Chiang Mai area of northern Thailand, most of whom are ex-leprosy patients or those who have been refused work elsewhere and are in danger of being excluded from their communities. Some workers are based in workshops while others work from home.   

Wongwiang Handicraft was established in 1987 by Mr. Oun Wongwiang and his friends, who were leprosy patients at McKane Rehabilitation Centre in Chiang Mai.  www.mckeanhosp.org  The centre was founded by Dr. James McKean (1860 - 1949), a Presbyterian missionary from the United States and a handful of western physicians working in Chiang Mai to help and develop western medical clinics in this region.

After recovering from leprosy illness, Mr. Oun Wongwiang realised the hardship and poorness of former leprosy patients and started to generate ideas to implement a handicrafts business.  It was aimed at improving the life quality and living standards of ex-leprosy patients and their families by providing vital and sustainable incomes through the sales of handcrafted woodcarving products. 

Today, with the experience of more than 20 years, 20 families of former leprosy patients who are living in villages around Chiang Mai, Lampoon and Lampang Provinces are involving in the Wongwiang Handicraft projects.

This beautiful Mango Wood Swirl Pot is handmade by Wongwiang craftspeople.