The design of the Agaseke basket is one of Rwanda's powerful images of craft. Made from tightly wound and sewn papyrus grass, it has grown into a symbol for redefining opportunity and even gender equality. Agaseke baskets are a canvas for creating a beautiful, geometric patterns as well.
On Friday, April 18th, Jean-Baptiste Rukundo led the particpants in the creation of images of Agaseke baskets. Starting from a simple square, our participants discovered the easy steps to creating a proportionally shaped outline of a basket. From there, it was easy to let everybody go their own way in decorating the basket with a colorful pattern.
Thanks to Claver Haragirmana, Innocent Sibomana, Beth Gatonye and Jody Byers for their help with this session!
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