Coaster Set

Rose & Fitzgerald is an art, design, and craft studio based in Kampala, Uganda, founded by a Californian couple who fell in love with the beauty of the indigenous materials and craftspeople they encountered in their adopted home of Africa.  Each piece Rose & Fitzgerald produces is handmade by individual artisans using luxurious materials that have been sourced locally, such an Ankole horn, palm leaf, pure brass, Mugavu and Teak wood, leather, and organic cotton.  While modern machinery, such as a lathe, is utilized for the creation of some products, many pieces are heated and sculpted over an open fire, formed using wood molds, and cut, shaped, chiseled, woven or stitched entirely by hand.  They work with East Africa’s most extraordinary talents in techniques such as carpentry, hand chiseling and carving, sculpting, casting, metal working, hand looming, sewing and weaving—all techniques that have been passed down through generations.