Warm textures for a cold season
Bowls and storage
$85.00
Our wonderful over sized backpack, with leather straps and metal buckles, will go everywhere with you! Stylish on bike rides, jaunty at the market, and efficient at the beach! Hand...
$13.00
Handcarved by Glendon Boyd in rural Virginia, these traditional and simple spatula's come in assorted sizes and woods.
$10.00
These lovely and simple small wooden butter spreaders are hand carved in Floyd County VA by Glendon Boyd, a fourth generation Appalachian woodworker, dedicated to the traditional woodwork of the...
$150.00
In the rural mountains, a doughtray was a staple tool of the kitchen-- daily bread helped sustain the family. These hand carved wooden doughtray's have been carved by the Boyd...
$13.00
Hand made by Glendon Boyd, these simple wooden stirring spoons are a staple in any kitchen. In assorted sizes and woods.
$60.00
The Classic French market basket-- our signature design, now wildly popular! Our sturdy market tote is handwoven from date palm leaf, with a double-woven top edge for extra sturdy finish....
$18.00
Kenaf is a very absorbent strain of hemp; by inoculating it with microbes, we create a medium for introducing fermentation bacteria into kitchen scraps; it can also be added to...
$55.00
Large traditional bread baskets, handwoven with grasses, in assorted colors and patterns. These would look great hanging on the wall, or holding fruits on the center of the table. Sizes...
$195.00
Extra large round black Tanzanian storage baskets, sturdy and stylish. Great for storage around the house, for potatoes in the pantry or blankets in the bedroom!
$60.00
This simple open weave basket, handwoven from date palm leaf, is great for around the house, in the garden, on trips to the market, or to the beach. 8x15, though...
$70.00
How cool is this basket? Giant round palm woven basket, with long straps-- I used mine for the gym the other day, then swapped out for a shopping trip, and...
Medina Mercantile offers high quality, well designed goods for your home and lifestyle. We are committed to working with artisans around the world, and in the United States, to support artists and crafts people directly. We look for products that are beautiful, primarily, and beautifully made, but we don't buy anything that is not made with the highest integrity-- our overseas suppliers work with women's collectives in Bangladesh, farmer artisan weavers in Morocco, and local artists close to our home in the Blue Ridge of Virginia.
Today I registered my son for soccer, followed up with customers, planned for our Fall season, lined up a lawn mowing job for my son, the budding entrepreneur, and considered what to do with my daughter when we go to NY Now in August. There is no division, here, between our working and our personal lives, and that is true for all of us, in any field. We have a lot of young families in our area, a lot of new babies born every year, and I, of course, give baskets to the new moms. Not because I have so many lying around, but because they are so genuinely useful! I always give our double handled French Market Basket,...
Mint Tea is vital to the social life of Morocco- a quick visit leads to trays of mint gunpowder tea heaped with sugar. Mint leaves are carted around Marrakesh precariously heaped being donkeys. Traditionally, tea glasses are made in Fez from recycled coke bottles, the regional style of glass. INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon loose Chinese gunpowder green tea5 cups boiling water3 to 4 tablespoons sugar, or to taste1 large bunch fresh mint (1 ounce)Special equipment : a 1- to 1 1/2-quart teapot PREPARATION Put tea in teapot and pour in 1 cup boiling water, then swirl gently to warm pot and rinse tea. Strain out and discard water, reserving tea leaves in pot.Add remaining 4 cups boiling water to tea and...
