noMade for women is a project whose mission is to integrate the 60 women – our artisans – who come from the deep rural reality of the municipality of Essaouira, in the south of Morocco, into the productive, economic and social fabric of the territory in which they live. Our main goal is to help our artisans to be financially independent by providing them with a stable income – fair trade – in an ideal working environment and consequently providing education for their children. Through this social and solidarity entrepreneurship, we want to bring a solution to various economic and social dissatisfactions through an effective structure and organization that guarantees their well-being and the possibility of giving continuity and dignity to their incredible talent and the immense artisan heritage that they can thus pass on. With each purchase, you help these disadvantaged women to grow and thrive. We support these women by offering them a job, helping them to pass on their precious skills to keep alive the ancient techniques of knotted raffia crochet. We are committed to continuing this journey by supporting local women and offering them the opportunity to become independent and proud of their work and to be able to share it with the world.
We strive to make our products in a responsible, ecological and environmentally friendly way; to this end, all the colors used for the coloring of our raffia are made with pigments of vegetable origin extracted from fruit, vegetables, spices, herbs and other natural substances, completely eliminating any type of metal pollution produced by industrial chemical processing.
We strive to make our products in a responsible, ecological and environmentally friendly way; to this end, all the colors used for the coloring of our raffia are made with pigments of vegetable origin extracted from fruit, vegetables, spices, herbs and other natural substances, completely eliminating any type of metal pollution produced by industrial chemical processing.
The crochet expertly moves in small knots that slowly build each upper around its shape. It takes our Raffia Masters, our skilled artisans and 8 hours of work to make a pair of noMade shoes. Each shoe is then gently beaten with a hammer for about an hour, in order to make the fit softer and more pleasant. Their work is our strength.
Behind every handmade object there is the commitment and art of a master craftsman, but there is also the history and culture of a place and a people. A handmade object will forever remain something unique and unrepeatable. Processing times change with respect to the frenzy of industry and serial production; here the realization of an object requires the right time, a time that expands. The refinement of the shapes, the quality of the raw materials are the characteristics that embellish the products of our world. Constant research allows the application of more modern processes through the use of cutting-edge technologies. The high technical quality of finishing of each piece is one of the objectives of our transformation work, the element that gives our products the status of hybrid, unique and special works. The noMades are products that preserve the memory of their history but carry with them the value of refined and contemporary finishes Made in Italy.
Behind every handmade object there is the commitment and art of a master craftsman, but there is also the history and culture of a place and a people. A handmade object will forever remain something unique and unrepeatable. Processing times change with respect to the frenzy of industry and serial production; here the realization of an object requires the right time, a time that expands. The refinement of the shapes, the quality of the raw materials are the characteristics that embellish the products of our world. Constant research allows the application of more modern processes through the use of cutting-edge technologies. The high technical quality of finishing of each piece is one of the objectives of our transformation work, the element that gives our products the status of hybrid, unique and special works. The noMades are products that preserve the memory of their history but carry with them the value of refined and contemporary finishes Made in Italy.