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Cover: Singing Tulip, ceramic

Opposite: Madam Mirror, beadwork

1 Handpainted VOC Dutch inspired plate, ceramic 2 Book sculpture, plaster 3 Carmen Miranda Fish Head, ceramic 4 Cape Gable bookends, plaster

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Opposite: 1 Africa, origami 2 Amethyst Teardrop, handblown glass 3 Graphite glazed charcoal pot, ceramic

This page: Organic bowl, iridescent handblown glass

This page: 1 Mushroom vessel, bronze 2 Spiral vessel, bronze 3 Lion skull, jacaranda wood hand carving 4 Seed pods, silver and brass plated bronze

Opposite: 1 Thorn vessel, bronze 2 Oxidised vessel, bronze 3 Spiral Vessel, bronze

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ARTISANS

Aboda Sculptor Pamela Schroeder works on organic shapes and creates functional art pieces.

Bronze Age At a foundry set in Cape Town’s old artisan district of Woodstock Otto du Plessis has set up a series of workshops supporting local talent and art.

Ceramic Factory Ceramic Factory have created the Swirl Bowl that is made from no less than 18 moulds and is hand glazed in navy or white.

Chandler House Michael Candler has a small atelier in the centre of Cape Town which is where he illustrates, designs, sculpts, collects and curates antiques and art. Humour and wit prevail in his work.

CM Ceramics Chuma Maweni is a ceramicist from the Transkei, who started sculpting as a child when he played with the river mud. He is now a rising star on the South African art scene.

Friday Juma Friday is a Malawian sculptor who carves sculptural skulls from a single piece of Jacaranda wood.

Moonbasket African women have a way with needlework and Moonbasket is an initiative that works with crochet panels worked over in resin and moulded into vessels.

Red Hot Glass Set on a farm in the winelands of Paarl this glass blowing studio applies flame to glass colorants on the outside of the glass giving the pieces an iridescent glow.

Samantha Morgan Working out of a studio in the Cape, ceramicist Samantha Morgan allows pieces to develop themselves as she sculpts.

Simple Intrigue Kerri Muller creates origami sculpture made from recycled books.

Top Crystals A Cape Town secret, CURATE has sourced chunks of crystal in Amethyst and Clear Quartz Crystal which are mounted on chunky lucite plinths.

Curate supports Pay-It-Forward Foundation Design Scholarship in South Africa

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