Love Coco Coconut Bowls

Our coconut bowls are made from the coconut shell, the byproduct from the coconut harvest. In the past, this waste was burnt as it takes over 2 years for a shell to compost in the tropics which makes it impractical given the amount of waste. The upcycling of the shells into a useful practical and beautiful bowl achieves not only the reduction in pollution from the burning of the shells, but gives another revenue stream to Vietnamese farmers. We work with a company in Vietnam who have pioneered the resurgence of lacquer work in Vietnam which is the process used to decorate the bowls. Lacquering is one of the oldest art forms, dating back over 8,000 years, the Vietnamese have been at the vanguard of this process. The lacquer we/they use is water based and no chemicals are used in producing the lacquer which is tree resin based. It means the lacquer is organic and importantly food safe and we have these certified food safe for EU sales.
We have 2 different styles, 1) silver leaf is laid on the polished inside of the bowl and then different colour lacquers are layered on top. The result is to give a real depth of colour and iridescence. 2) feathering effect with silver metallic paint is blown with a straw and again sealed with different coloured lacquers.

All of our bowls are branded with a laser etched Love Coco logo

As part of our mission to be sustainable and low impact we donate to Ecologi, where we have invested in the planting of trees through holistic programs in countries such as Uganda and Mozambique and we are partner with One Tribe, where we donate a percentage of our sales which goes to save pristine rainforest. More information can be found on our website https://lovecoco.com/sustainability/