Handmade in Kenya, every piece a story to carry home.
Beadwork, carvings, kiondo baskets and savannah paintings from the art and craft collective at The Hub Karen. Every piece is sold by the hands that made it.


Packed at the market, tracked to your door
Prices in Kenyan shillings
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100% handmade in Kenya, never factory stock
Goat-skin drums carved from a single log and rope-tuned by hand.
A dried gourd netted with cowrie shells. It rattles like rain.
Glass beads stitched over woven baskets, in lime, red, cobalt and white.
Beaded bangles in every colour. Stack them, mix them, pack a dozen.
The artists of the collective, each with a catalogue of their work: title, size, medium and whether a piece is still available.
Are you an artist or craft maker? Send us your work
Hadithi is Swahili for story. Every piece in this market comes with one, and the person who made it is right there to tell it.
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Original paintings by Kenyan artists, rolled and tubed so they travel safely in your luggage.
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We came for an hour and stayed for three. Every stall had a story behind it.Aiko T. · visitor from JapanPlan your visit

Handmade in Kenya and sold by the maker at our stalls at The Hub Karen. Ask for the story behind it.