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Have you heard of the "Full-Circle" line from 3form?  Have you heard of 3form?  If not your in luck because this company has something for everyone with an environmentally friendly quality to all their products.  The "Full Circle" line are specific products that reimburses local artisians in different regions to create items for sale and use through 3form.  In turn the artisans are paid for their labors and consumers are rewarded with their unique handiwork's.   

For example this architectural material, "Lattice" was made by young women ages 18-24, who walked six days from their remote village in Solukumbu to join 3form, carefully hand-knot Raffia Palm leaves, fibers from Madagascar, to make the thread. Knitting the lace-like configuration pays for their college education.

And this product called "Sada" was made by artisans that prepared traditional Buddhist "prayer paper" from the lokta bark which grows wild in the Himalayas.  They combine the hand-made paper with high-grade copper strips through age-old Newari weaving techniques. 

Or this product called "Migration" started in a studio founded in the 1940's that connects specially trained African weavers from Northern Swaziland with international textile designers and manufacturers. Weavers use traditional hand looms to create the delicate weave. They then employ manual techniques to finish the design.

These architectural resins can be used in a wide variety of ways from wall partitions, flooring, countertops, table tops, and more.  We used a sheet of reclaimed material for an open window in our bedroom loft.  When the light shines through you have a beautiful pattern of natural artwork aglow, and when dark it provides an equally beautiful privacy to the space. Overall, 3form offers products that benefit the environment, the community, and you!

photos courtesy of 3form