We have been sitting with a question-thought that asks what do we want memory to do rather than what do we want it to mean. There are memories that mold nostalgia. These memories chant sentimental longing. We find ourselves glued to the edges of stories that become histories we know through embodied inheritance. These histories […]
Early South African metal guilds were formed by ‘izinyanga’ skilled craft healers in isiZulu language. These guilds included craft specialist families that consisted of metalsmiths who made jewellery and domestic ornaments for local clans and communities. Guilds enabled South African jewellery designing families to nurture the trade of metal work w
Laboured with fondness, care and curiosity, this collection is dedicated to our love for beauty as an inherited tradition made up of faces and mannerisms that we wear on our bodies, of kinship we have known, and people we only know in the expression of – ‘You look like your grandmother!’ Pieces in this collection […]