Pinterest is a way of expressing who you are through sharing photographs. Some people use Facebook instead, but Pinterest is specific to images or videos and these can be categorised however you please. Pinterest.com doesn’t go in for great explanations – this is their succinct About Us: “Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing [...]
What a great name – wonder what they do? Well, as it turns out, nothing to do with cows at all and everything to do with much woollier farm animals! The name is inspired by Tom Robbins’ book ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’; about being true to yourself and finding the freedom to be who [...]
Ardmore ceramics and designs are so unusual and exotic that when Africa Nova (supplier to the Cape Grace shop) puts Ardmore on the display shelf above the reception desk, people have an instant desire to buy them. That’s fine – they are for sale! Ardmore is one of South Africa’s greatest design success stories, with [...]
It is evident when meeting Michael Chandler that he has a great depth of knowledge and appreciation of all things aesthetic. At Cape Grace you’ll be able to find a few of his unusual art pieces, which range from ceramic phrenology heads, Cape Dutch gable bookends, historically inspired jewellery and beaded Chinese pots, all supplied [...]
We featured Zizamele in August 2011, telling you how their beautiful hand-made Bambanani Bowls, seen in the Cape Grace shop, are made by a skilled team of ceramicists from Masiphumelele in Cape Town’s South Peninsula. We’re giving them more space on the Cape Grace blog to congratulate them for achieving Runner Up in the highly [...]
I was wondering how to pronounce the name of this amazing shop that supplies Cape Grace with beautiful artistic retail gifts. Is it I’m-a-genius, or Imagine-us? Co-owner Jacqui Hunter set me straight, it’s the latter because she says how can she answer the phone and say, “Hello, I’m a genius”? Either way, I think the [...]
John Bauer is many things; award-winning ceramic artist, entrepreneur, e-book author of An Emotional Dictionary and philosopher, but is probably best known for his beautiful, signature poetry bowls (see them on his website). The enigmatic words he writes in these fine porcelain bowls are his way of imparting his perceived wisdoms. [...]
It’s a testament to the artistic skill of painter Heike Allerton-Davies that she portrays both strength and vulnerability in the female nudes she features. “The female form often seems quite fragile but at the same time shameless and brave. I use this beauty in a way that shows women as powerful but also vulnerable.” Heike [...]
At the beginning of 2012 we blogged about trend forecasting based on Lidewij Edelkoort’s projections; “In a wild expression of our collective creative instincts, people will rediscover the beauty of one-of-a-kind creations made from yarn, fringe, crochet, patchwork, embroidery and hand-knit pieces.” With this in mind we feature Abafazi luxury mohair scarves, shawls, wraps, throws, [...]