Anpa is a Cape Town house for organic hand-finished artisan jewellery, sculptural statement pieces in gold, silver, Tanzanite, African emeralds. Made through the Kalk Bay jewelry workshop.
Best for Organic hand-finished artisan jewellery, sculptural statement pieces in gold, silver, Tanzanite
Shaun, a Cape Town-based interior designer turned ceramicist, makes functional ceramic pieces such as Whispering Pine, Unstuck and Nude Awakening. The studio sells the pieces online and also offers pottery classes.
Best for Handmade functional ceramics and pottery classes
Clayheart is a porcelain ceramics studio based in Milnerton Business Park, Cape Town, making made-to-order homeware, decor and jewelry by hand and taking custom designs. It also offers pottery classes for adults and kids, workshops, and studio rental for independent artists.
Best for Handmade porcelain homeware and pottery classes
Kleipots is a ceramic studio run by Amelia Jacobs, with over 30 years' experience, at her home on the lower slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. She makes ollas, translucent porcelain fired with indigenous Fynbos plants, and raku-fired planters and bowls, firing porcelain at temperatures up to 1,200 degrees Centigrade, and teaches weekly wheel-throwing and raku classes.
The Deckle Edge is an art supplies store at 13 Brickfield Road, Salt River, Cape Town, with a second location in Knysna, stocking brands including Liquitex, Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, Daniel Smith and Faber-Castell. It sells art materials, graphic supplies, paper products and craft/hobby items, and also runs workshops.
Vintage Club is an online vintage furniture business in Cape Town's South Peninsula run by a husband-and-wife team of collectors, selling high-end vintage and collectible furniture from the 1940s to 1970s including mid-century modern and Scandinavian pieces. They clean, lightly restore and refinish each piece, and visits to the workshop are by appointment only.