stool in rotin
Afrikatelier
Cameroon 2009
Project developed in collaboration with the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA) and the artisans from the Menoua region in Cameroon. The aim of the project was born first from an observation: today, the handycraft is not diversified and struggles to survive in the face of industrial production. Indeed, many objects from African crafts have lost their meaning because they are not used anymore in local life and are only created for the tourist trade. Therefore we went to meet the artisans of the town of Dschang and surrounding villages, with the view to develop methods and design tools to diversify their production in the long term, and create objects formed by the encounter between two cultures.
Realized in collaboration with Aïssa Logerot and the craftmen from CREFISAC.
photography credits : Veronique Huyghe
© 2012