A collective creating a platform for South African creatives to connect, engage and share their practice.
Woven Garnet is a project where we want to connect with emerging South African creatives and learn more about their practice. We are interested in documenting what it is like to be an artist in South Africa, what is important to them, and what they feel needs to be heard by both local and international audiences.
We feel strongly about South African creatives being represented in the art and design world. As two South African practitioners ourselves, we understand the challenges of starting a career in these fields and how difficult it can be to reach wider local and international audiences. We want to try and change this.
As a country filled with such a creatively rich range of people, we believe there are voices that deserve to be heard. Through Woven Garnet, we are building a platform that we hope can make this possible.
We are two South African creative practitioners currently based between London and South Africa.
Gabriella has a background in fine art and is completing a master's in curation, while Gia graduated in fashion styling and production and is working towards fashion journalism.
To engage with artists and designers through interviews, studio visits, and conversations around specific artworks and designs.
By documenting these discussions, we hope to build a growing community of creatives and create a platform that reflects the richness and diversity of South African creativity.
Our first exhibition opens this October — an exploration of home, identity, memory and belonging through contemporary South African creativity. 15 Hulbert Road, Village Deep, Johannesburg · 3 to 13 October, with a private viewing on the 2nd.
Every conversation we have recorded so far, in order, from Volume One.