Amiska believes strongly in Fair Trade Furniture for your Home.
11 May 2010
Amiska only buys from suppliers who we know pay the craftsmen that make them a fair and just price.
We refuse to deal with suppliers that supply items made with child labour.
There is no fair trade mark or label yet developed for furniture products and limited guidelines to follow, so we create our own principles based on a trusting relationship and our ethos as a company.
We now exclusively sell Mango wood items in our Indonesian section which is a sustainable resource. Mango trees are large trees grown for their fruit and they can reach up to 100 feet in height and 5 feet in diameter.
However, once the Mango trees reach this kind of size they do not produce fruit. So, farmers cut down these trees to make way for new fruit bearing Mango trees and sell or use the wood from the older trees to provide additional income for the plantation. Typically, due to the very nature of the Mango tree the forests are continually replenished.
Harvesting Mango wood also prevents other types of tree from being used, such as Teak and Mahogany.
Mango wood comes in a number of different shades from very light to very dark so can be used as an adept replacement for more endangered woods.
Mango is a hardwood with a pronounced grain which we use for our various mirrors, pillars, candlesticks, lamps, shelves & pelmets, corbels, occasional furniture and smaller items such as trays and towel racks.