Handwoven Palm Leaf Sun Plate
This is what happens when everyday palm leaves decide to reinvent themselves as cosmic geometry.
What It Is:
Crafted entirely from natural palm leaves, each plate features a radiating sunburst design with a subtly raised edge that makes it feel more like sculpture than home décor. Measuring at 30 inches these wall plates work solo or grouped together, instantly transforming blank walls into a statement about texture, tradition, and the quiet audacity of handmade design.
Why You’ll Actually Use It:
Because you’re tired of staring at walls that say nothing about you. The Sun Plate functions as both art and artifact—an object that’s simultaneously minimalist, global, and personal. It signals that you care about aesthetics, but you’re also aware that aesthetics are just shorthand for deeper choices about culture, labor, and sustainability. And unlike mass-produced décor, every plate has microscopic variations that prove a human hand was here.
Key Details:
Handwoven by Malawi’s first all-female basket weaving group
Made from 100% natural palm leaves
Subtly raised edge for sculptural effect
Lightweight: 1–3 lbs
Designed to display solo or as a wall grouping
Impact:
Each purchase directly supports female artisans in Malawi, preserving cultural craft traditions while providing fair income. This isn’t just decoration—it’s a direct link between your living room and a global community.
A handwoven palm leaf plate that turns blank walls into cultural statements and proves that “decorative” can still mean “deeply significant.”
About the brand: People of the Sun
People of the Sun is less a “brand” and more a slow-burning cultural narrative that started in Malawian villages, not boardrooms. Founded by architect Maria Haralambidou after she abandoned London high-rises for dusty marketplaces, the label unites indigenous craftsmanship with contemporary design—and quietly wrestles back meaning from a world obsessed with the disposable. They scout artisans in remote Malawian communities, teach them modern design thinking (and business skills), and then fuse that with centuries-old weaving traditions. What emerges is not “decor,” but a conversation piece: sculptural baskets, sculptures, stools that resist category-fication. Each item asks you to reconsider value—what’s “handmade,” what’s “mass-produced,” and whether your living room can be a statement rather than a showroom.