In our search for funky stuff for your homes we came across MokoMaya - a Nairobi-based craft store centred on up-cycling glassware into a variety of décor pieces. The name ‘MokoMaya’ means ‘these hands’ in Kikuyu; an paen to the hands-on approach in making these items.
Founded in 2020, MokoMaya are taking on glass waste and turning it into beautifully crafted functional home pieces. Founder Nyandia Kamawe instills her passion for visual art & creativity throughout each piece, adding a personal touch to her creations.
Contact office@kitengela.com for more information or if you don't see something you like, or to check what's in stock at the studio or our shops.
The two (or more) part goblet - the stem pulled from the bubble. A distinctive Kitengela Hot Glass design, this species of glass has graced many a table for the last 30 years.
Contact office@kitengela.com for more information or if you don't see something you like, or to check what's in stock at the studio.
'Taa' - light in Swahili. Kitengela Hot Glass provide bespoke lighting solutions from single pendant lights to two tonne extravaganzas.
Chandeliers, standing lamps or floor lighting are often a result of collaboration with interior designers, architects or individuals.
To be energy friendly as an adjunct to proving artistic sculptural lighting is a primary objective. We use predominantly LEDs or retro lightbulbs & our pieces travel all over the world.
Contact office@kitengela.com for your custom desires or to see what's in stock at the studio.
A multifunctional item, with the mark of the artisan in every piece.
Ergonomically designed for your comfort and convenience, you will use this recycled glass several times a day, in every room inside or outside your home, office or restaurant.
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'Ukuta' - wall in Swahili.
Murals are one of the signatures of Kitengela Hot Glass - a flat sculptural extravaganza; with attached pieces of blown or casted glass, augmented with different painting techniques, wallpaper, inlays, wood, metal & lighting - all of which make for a riot of brightness, colour and texture.
Contact office@kitengela.com for more info on how to get your own iconic customised piece.
The adornment collection. Urembo means "beauty" in Swahili. Although we are of the opinion that our products adorn and beautify any table, but then we're biased.
The beads we make, the objects we blow, the murals, the lighting, the furniture - it could be argued that a great deal of what we make is functional art. but functional or not - if it puts a smile on your face when you admire the light passing through and dappling a surface with colour - then that's priceless.
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Our bathroom collection. Usafi means "cleanliness" in Swahili.
Keeping the planet clean, that's our mission. And if we end up with lovely recycled bottles to store our lotions, potions and unguents in, well, that's a bonus, right?
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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Feel the love with our recycled handmade artisanal glassware- because we love the planet as much as you love your partner.
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Our bar and beverages collection.
Vinywaji means "drinks" in Swahili. Things to keep drinks in - and things to drink them out of.
The first objects we ever made were wine glasses. The toughness of the recycled window glass gives our products quite some lifespan.
Most of the products on this site are drinking vessels of one kind or another. Stay hydrated...
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A collaboration with Dumont.
Hand-crafted from locally sourced recycled materials, “Waya”, (Swahili for ‘wire’), is a social Impact program by Dumont to support an artisanal community of skilled Kenyan craftsmen. The basis of this initiative is to provide these artists with an avenue to showcase their talents and a means to better their lives by being compensated appropriately in an otherwise marginalised industry.
Each model is hand-made by an attentive artisan who has (over a long period of time) mastered and perfected the creation of that product only. The pieces - that take hours to produce - are then exclusively powder-coated in an array of vibrant colours.
Proceeds from this program are contributing towards the opening of a vocational training centre.
