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Striking Macrame Fibre Art Textiles by Studio Nom
Decor | Eswatini | Swaziland | Textiles

Striking Macrame Fibre Art Textiles by Studio Nom

Bywellmadeafrica 21st October 202016th December 2020

Fibre art has risen in popularity in the past few years. There is something about the soft…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Eswatini | Swaziland

Basketry: Gone Rural’s One of a Kind Hand Painted Baskets at Maud Interiors

Bywellmadeafrica 30th June 20151st July 2020

Gone Rural Hand Painted Baskets at Maud Interiors [Eswatini / Swaziland] [Image credit: Gone Rural Hand Painted…

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Decor | Eswatini | Swaziland

Decor: Stylishly Stitched Bowls

Bywellmadeafrica 30th July 201416th June 2020

Quazi Design [Eswatini / Swaziland] [Image credit: Stitched Bowls – Quazi Design] Quazi Design combines cutting edge…

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Decor | Design | Eswatini | South Africa | Swaziland

Design: Contemporary South African Design at West Elm

Bywellmadeafrica 8th September 201321st May 2020

West Elm/South African Design [Africa Inspired] West Elm is a Brooklyn based company whose Autumn 2012 collaboration collections…

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Decor | Eswatini | Lifestyle | Swaziland

Lifestyle: Colourful Uniquely Patterned Swazi Candles

Bywellmadeafrica 8th August 201221st May 2020

Swazi Candles [Swaziland / Eswatini] [Image credits: Swazi Candles] In the mountainous countryside of the Kingdom of…

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Basket Weaving | Decor | Design | Eswatini | Madagascar | South Africa | Swaziland

Basketry: Madwa Woven Traditions

Bywellmadeafrica 25th July 201214th May 2020

Madwa [Madagascar / South Africa / Eswatini / Swaziland] [Image credits: Madwa] Inspired by craft and tradition, Madwa is…

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Decor | Eswatini | Swaziland

Decor: Ngwenya Glass Blowers

Bywellmadeafrica 11th October 201129th April 2020

Ngwenya Glass Blowers [Swaziland] [Image Credit: Crooked Stem Wine Glass – Ngwenya Glass] Ngwenya means ‘crocodile’ and…

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Eswatini | Fashion | Lifestyle | Swaziland

Lifestyle: Lanvin Dolls In Collaboration with Dessine L’Espoir 

Bywellmadeafrica 6th October 201129th April 2020

Lanvin / Dessine L’Espoir [Eswatini / Swaziland] Lanvin, acknowledged as the longest-running couture fashion house, recently launched its…

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Eswatini | Swaziland | Textiles

Textiles: Coral Stephens Hand-Woven Textiles

Bywellmadeafrica 11th August 201128th April 2020

Coral Stephens [Eswatini / Swaziland] In Northern Swaziland lies an area called Piggs Peak home to Coral Stephens;…

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Basket Weaving | Eswatini | Swaziland

Design: Gone Rural Redefining African Basketry

Bywellmadeafrica 6th June 201127th April 2020

Gone Rural [Swaziland] Picking up from where I left off on my exploration into the different types…

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Food & Drink: Dorah Sithole Cooking from Cape to Cairo

Bywellmadeafrica 24th March 201121st April 2020

Dorah Sithole [South Africa] [Image source: Tafelberg] Whether it’s a steaming plate of sadza ne nyama, a…

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