Beautifully carved from reclaimed teak this ergonomic soap dish brings warmth to your washing areas. We love our stylish, sustainable homewares in every room of the house.
Teak root is a hardwood and therefore durable and very sustainable. These homeware items is food safe and treated with non-toxic, natural oils.
This soap dish is sourced from a small fair trade producer to ensure fair prices, transparency, equality and safe working conditions. Every sale supports a social mission.
- made from sustainable reclaimed waste
- good organisation
- Fair trade revenue
- good working hours
- safe women’s employment
- fair labour
- environmental protection
- bi-annual visits to artisan partners
Reclaimed Teak Oval Soap Dish
Suharto, the owner of the design workshop, has a passion for everything that is made out of wood. All products are handcrafted from waste teak wood (teak root). They select + source the materials themselves to ensure the materials have the best quality and are eco sustainable. The workshop is located in a small beautiful village in East Java + creates job opportunities for the villagers and people in the surrounding the area. Many people in the rural villages of Java benefit from teak root: local farmers who dig out the enormous roots, villagers who transport the roots to the craftsmen, the craftsmen who turn it into something useful and the local women who collect the wood shavings for a fire to cook on. This system reflects the nature of the village lifestyle.
This wooden homeware from teak root is made with simple hand tools.. first the big roots are sawn into the minimum size for processing a specific product. Depending on the type of product (like a bowl or spoon) the wood is carved out by hand with the traditional chisel + hammer. The smoothen and even the wood it is sanded by a simple sanding machine and if necessary touched up with sanding paper by hand. The final product is oiled by hand with a cloth.