Each month we highlight an artist or organisation who supplies the Cape Grace shop with desirable design items. This month we feature Keri Muller, whose exquisite work with paper is better seen than described. Artists sometimes find their creative outlet with a bit of life experience under their belt and this is exactly what happened [...]
Lisa Firer’s ethereal porcelain tea lights are immediately recognisable as her signature product. When lit, they have a desirable, mystical quality that she says, “touches people on so many levels through the elements of fire and light, religion, ritual and sacred spaces.” Imagine 250 tea lights glowing in the crypt of St George’s Cathedral… This [...]
Every time we do an exposé of the artists that supply the Cape Grace gift shop, we are more amazed at the incredible creativity in Cape Town, sourced by our suppliers Imagenius and Africa Nova. This month we focus on Maymott, whose crochet designs are totally in tune with the trends identified by Lidewij Edelkoort, one of [...]
Join us in a Q&A session with Gerald Cubitt, the author of the new coffee table book ‘Evocative Africa’, encapsulating the best of his African photography over the past 30 years, now available at the gift shop at Cape Grace. Q. What camera equipment do you use? A. I have always used Hasselblads, currently with [...]
Last month we featured Beloved Beadwork’s exquisite jewellery, this month the pieces of South African beadwork are equally as beautiful, but demand to be seen rather than to be worn. Monkeybiz creates a range of colourful dolls and three-dimensional animals that make you feel joyful by just looking at them. They are selected for Cape [...]