Category Archives: Blog

Visiting the Zulucow Artisans in South Africa – With your generous donations, they bought food. 

Working lady in work room, ethically-made, artisan-made, sustainable interiors, cowhide bags, cowhide rugs, sustainable, slow fashion,

It’s been a few weeks since I returned home from South Africa. It was such an inspiring, motivating and ultimately exhausting trip. I wanted to share my reflections, thanks for your donations and thoughts on my return in this blog post. Thanks for your donations! First and foremost I have to say another big thanks […]

Have yourself a Merry Cowhide Christmas!

Beautiful hand crafted cowhide rugs

Treat your loved ones to a beautiful cowhide gift from Zulucow this Christmas. From cowhide rugs, to cowhide purses and everything in between … We’ve got the perfect cowhide gift for you We’re going all out for a Merry Cowhide Christmas here at Zulucow! We’re not quite sure how it has come around to Christmas […]

How to update your interiors with cowhide and African influences

brown and white cowhide doorstop

African animal prints are rarely far from being a popular trend in homewares. They work for every season. African designs are a huge passion of mine having been born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa. I have noticed how over time, decorating trends have come and gone. But African inspired interiors and furniture have endured the […]

The untold story behind our cowhide products and the Nguni Cattle.

Zulu herdsman, artisan, ethically sourced cowhide

Zulucow: what’s in a name? It’s quite simple, really – two words that join together to form the heart of our business. First Zulu: Where we ethically source all of our natural leather and cowhide pieces. Rural KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In this verdant and relatively untamed part of the country, traditional Zulu culture prevails. […]