The Craft of Ubuntu: an exploration of collaboration through making

The Craft of Ubuntu practice-based research exhibition revealed the processes and dialogues that emerged over three years work between London-based designer-researcher Sarah Rhodes, Cape Town ceramicist Andile Dyalvane and the women crafters of Kunye, as they explored collaboration through making.

Guided by Rhodes' research, the show re-framed the nature of collaboration between designers and craft producers illustrating how co-creational agency, through equitable creative exchange, can engender successful outcomes. The exhibition showcases the Iqhina tableware and Inkuku jewellery collections, which have developed via this co-creative process, giving insights into how these frameworks can be applied to other fields.

The exhibition was an official World Design Capital Cape Town 2014 project and was shown in both South Africa and the UK.

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