There’s an amazingly tactile

quality to the series of heads

produced by the talented

Ceramic Matters — some haunting,

some ethereal, each one unique in

its expression. Either wall mounted

or free standing

Upcycled, Six Seater Dining Table

from  our Ball&Neon range in delicious

Tangerine.

The amazing rose motifs on these

lamps are the result of hours of

minutely detailed cut-work, so that the

tiny pieces of shell become flowers.

When light shines through them, they

are quite heavenly

Wonderfully bright placemats

from Mama Mudada in Mozambique

Available in these colours, and soon

a range we’ve designed in the fuchsia

and baby blue. Then of course the soothing

and natural  gray.

Jozi artist Yda Walt keeps on

coming up with great iconography

in pillows, crockery, aprons, soft

furnishings and wall panels

what’s most fun about the Afrofutura ranges

we’re working on for I.Nation and ACE, our store

at Arts on Main, is that we dont have to follow any

rules, and get to create a new notion of Africa.

Here, our curl lamps pop in Congolese Waxprint and

a Drum shade inteplays Kitenge  cloth, Kuba Raffia, Cowrie, Pompom and Mirror. Step one is just giving

ourselves permission to be playful rather than ascribe to any preconceptions

In Amber or Sea Blue

These Hand Blown

Pod shaped lamps

work best in clusters

A subtle reinvention

of a Sixties Classic

that seems totally

contemporary

Cape Town Based Ceramic Studio

IMISO, headed up by the cool and

dynamic Andile Dyalvane, have produced

an affordable range of Milk Jugs ans

other smalls that sell very well on 5th Ave

in New York. As part of the DNA program

they are for sale at ACE @ Arts on Main and

we have some pieces at the Stanley Store too