Murrae Stephens
William Kentridge at Zeitz MOCCAA
A generously extensive and in-depth exhibition by William Kentridge is happening for the next six months at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront...
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Murrae Stephens
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
A Collaboration with Esra Bosch's Pottery Studio
Every year the Bosch & Eloff family in White River, South Africa get together to host the Three Studio Art Meander. It involves Esra,...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Anyone know where Pangong is?
Lake Pangong is 110km long and stretches from Northern India, in the Ladakh province to Tibet on the Eastern side. Access is obviously a...
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Murrae Stephens
- May 28, 2019
- 1 min
Freshly Woven
There's always something special about woven fabrics, especially ones that are built to last, like ours. I am continually amazed at the...
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Murrae Stephens
- May 27, 2019
- 1 min
A new offering...tapestry style wall hangings
We're working on mixed weave, mainly mohair wall hangings with Jane Slabbert. Something beautifully textured, tactile and completely...
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Murrae Stephens
- May 27, 2019
- 3 min
A trip to Lesotho
A recent trip to Lesotho renewed my respect for the pastoral, subsistence herdsmen who keep the precious sheep and Angora goats safe in...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jan 31, 2019
- 1 min
Cotton brights
Cotton is something we use for our blankets and throws, we source it from a spinning factory in Standerton, South Africa. It is...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
2019 is here & we're in training...
We opened our studio yesterday and are gearing up towards a busy year beginning with a training course next week with our favourite...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min
Approaching a milestone
This year we will be celebrating 70 years as a weaving studio and it provides a good excuse to look back at some of our history. This is...
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Murrae Stephens
- Dec 18, 2018
- 1 min
It's been a fabulous 2018...
Here is some of our work undertaken in 2018 - carpets, fabrics, curtaining, cushions and endless beautiful combinations of colour,...
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Murrae Stephens
- Dec 6, 2018
- 1 min
This week in our studio
Some of our recent work includes mohair curtaining, a mohair and raffia carpet combination, very textured and detailed cushions and then...
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Murrae Stephens
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
This week in our Studio
We've been as busy as ever in our Studio working on raffia curtaining woven on a brown warp for a well known lodge in Kwa-Zulu Natal that...
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Murrae Stephens
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
A Visit to the Tinkuy
In 2013 I visited the Tinkuy held in Cusco, Peru. It is a huge gathering and celebration of weavers from all over South America and...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jul 20, 2018
- 1 min
July 2018 House & Garden
A London home by interior decorator, Hubert Zandberg features our grey tufted mohair carpet. Woven using a blocked design featuring...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jul 3, 2018
- 2 min
Choose your Curtains Carefully...and Enjoy Them for a Lifetime
Mohair curtaining is our original product, mohair is ideally suited to curtaining for many reasons: Once woven, it drapes well, it has a...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jun 29, 2018
- 1 min
This Week in our Studio
All sorts of stuff going on here - this past month really shows how varied our work is....we use a variety of materials and make...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
A Trip to Lesotho
Lesotho is a stunning destination and although I have only ever visited briefly, a more thorough trip is on the cards. It is a land of...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jun 11, 2018
- 2 min
Boshimela - the Original Swazi Farmhouse
Our mohair curtaining was the inaugural product of the weaving studio (which is about to turn 70 years old, next year). Coral wanted a...
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Murrae Stephens
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
This week in our studio
Our varied work often presents challenges, like weaving cushions for outdoor areas where fabric needs to hold up to the sun (the harsh...
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