made by Madagascan artists using local woods to produce these individual and stunning designs.
Beautifully crafted from palisandre (a rosewood native to Madagascar), these intricate boxes are inlaid with indigenous hardwood veneers to create scenes from Malagasy village life. The wood colours are made naturally - no stains, dyes or paint are used.
The work is then either kept in its natural state (matt finish) or varnished to give a gloss finish.
80% of Madagascar's unique forests have already been lost to slash-and-burn agriculture. This type of cottage industry requires only small quantities of felled wood from different species of trees.
It creates vital, quality employment so that the Malagasy people may continue to view their forests as valuable resources and continue to sustain some of the most unusual and diverse wildlife on earth.
