Artisan Hut

Artisan Hut is a group of highly skilled traditional handweavers based in Bangladesh. It was formed in response to the problem of widespread unemployment in the skilled clothing production industry, as demand for fast, cheap fashion grew and power looms became more prolific. Unable to compete with machinery for speed and turnover, many skilled weavers are forced to move away from their families to earn money doing back-breaking and exploitative work in the cities.

To help weavers avoid this fate, Artisan Hut employs low income producers in rural areas of Bangladesh. They promote the ethics of Fair Trade; workers are paid up to 100% more than they'd earn in the commercial sector, and traditional hand skills such as handweaving, spinning, block printing and hand embroidery are favoured in order to maximise employment.

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