The Artisans: The Future of Craft
In an age of automation, craft remains vital. This panel of designers, curators, and artisans explores how handmade work shapes identity, drives sustainability, and evolves as a tool for storytelling and innovation across Africa.
Certification included
Validated by SAIAT as a Category 1 CPD talk. Attendees will earn 0.1 credits.
Meet the SPEAKERS
Sinegugu Ngxongo
Founder & Cultural Strategist, Bambizulu
Sinegugu Ngxongo is the founder and Cultural Strategist behind Bambizulu, a craft-led enterprise rooted in rural KwaZulu-Natal. A weaver and entrepreneur, she blends handwork with vision. With a strong focus on equity and sustainability, her work intersects tradition, design, and social change to shape a more innovative future for African craft.
Lezanne Viviers
Founder and Creative Director, VIVIERS Studio
Founder and Creative Director of VIVIERS Studio, a collector of rare and beautiful objects, and art, as well as an amateur artist.
Cradled amongst the gold-mined caverns of ‘The Origins of Humankind,’ Johannesburg, VIVIERS originates conceptual and Earth-conscious clothing that are homegrown in South Africa, yet clothes that project ideas of universal Future Fossils. Read more...
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