As we have been concentrating on orders, mainly carpets, for much of 2011 the production of some of our smaller lines was interrupted.  As we begin this year we are concentrating on building up a decent stock of silk scarves and have been looking at new colours to use.  Our mulberry silk is spun by hand, [...]

We are starting this work year, as we usually do, towards the end of January.  We believe in rest and relaxation and always take an extended break which raises eyebrows and causes a mild outbreak of jealousy amongst others who got back to work earlier in the year.  The disadvantage of a late start is the [...]

I received a welcome reception at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga last week.  I met friends there for breakfast but wanted to peek into a room to see some of our cotton rugs and blankets that were made for the refurbishment of the hotel in 2009.  It is quite spectacular, the decor is eclectic [...]

Swaziland based photographer, Mark Lewis was commissioned to photograph employees at work at some of the companies who participated in an exhbition sponsored by Danish Centre for Culture & Development.  The exhibition was held in Copenhagen and Coral Stephens participated along with Ngwenya Glass, Gone Rural and various artists from Zimbabwe and Swaziland.  Mark visited our studio and [...]

It has been a year to remember, we have been inundated with work and have proved we have a huge appetite for it!  We had some firsts (this is something in 61 years of business..)   We wove the largest carpet we have ever done before.  It was a monster 5.50m wide x 9.50m long [...]

We are nearing completion of several hundreds of meters of a fabric to be used for wall panelling.  The composition is raffia (natural, finely stripped and undyed), cotton (lightly dyed to match the raffia), fine black cotton thread (just a touch) and a two ply strand of gold lurex (I think this clinches it). We [...]

We are nearing completion of an order that has required several large carpets, and it is exciting to see them all come together.  There are some shared colours throughout the order and some techniques that we have not tried before.  In 62 years of production, that really means something.  A chalk tufted mohair carpet is [...]

I recently returned from a trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Northern Cape/Botswana.  It is my third visit in as many years and I am always impressed and satisfied by the amount of open space I find myself in and the sheer height of the sky.  The horizon is low with undulating dunes [...]

We have recently been asked to make some textured, tufted, shaggy pieces of fabrics and cushions which have made me think about all sorts of new ways to use fringes and add elements that take a piece from ordinary to memorable.  Cushion covers with big, puffy fringes, tufted thick cotton cushions with a combination of [...]

This was a shoot done for the Mohair South Africa stand at Maison & Objet, Sept. 2011.  Our products feature proudly and prominently.  Colour choice is strong, our acid yellow is not for the faint hearted and will ignite a room. Photo credits for these pictures: photographs by Thomas Straub; styling by Nelson Sepulveda; set [...]