Wired! - the art of woven telephone wire (62 images)

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Woven wire baskets from South Africa. This style of hand-woven basket made from telephone wire is a contemporary development of the old craft of grass weaving. This is a traditional hand craft and artistic expression of the Zulu tribe from South Africa. In the new era of wireless communications this is a great example of recycling or reuse where a redundant material can be re-purposed as the sole ingredient of beautiful folk art.

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