#artisandesignercollaboration

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What happens when an innovative Dutch lighting designer using organic shapes and natural(waste) material collaborate with a group of Swaziland artisan master weavers creatively using indigenous grass in their craft?

 Magic! Designed by Nelson Sepulveda of Ayi Illuminate, these pendant lights made in collaboration with the Gone Rural project are proof that once again cross-cultural exchange of traditional and modern knowledge and skill are propellers of innovative design! Made from sisal nets and recycled t-shirt cotton, they are true pieces of art!

Pictures: Gone Rural, Damageplayground.com, Ayiilluminate.com

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We came across these seemingly simple but technically complex hand loomed beads, a collaboration by Johannesburg-based artist Joni Brenner and women’s cooperative Marigold, based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

 Made with wooden loom, beads and threads, each strand takes a full day to make and contains approximately 3000 seed beads! The loom certainly gives rise to the neat finishes and precision in color patterns and the variety of color patterns is as a result of playful combination of color threads and beads.

Artisan picture: Marigoldbeads.com

Last beadwork picture: inyourpocket.com