Stitched paper bowls for January 2012

Paper Fashion at RURAL TO RAMP Handcraft Showcase in Swaziland

A fashion handcarft showcase to promote product development and design within the Swaziland craft businesses. Held at House On Fire on the 26th Nov 2011 various talented designers and artisans got together to showcase their creations and raise money for a local homeopathy project. Here are the images from Quazi Design.

Umgodzi Collection in development

Summer gold

Summer is fast approaching us here in Swaziland, and to celebrate the scorching sun we are busy designing a new capsule collection called 'desert' using luxurious gold dipped paper beads.

The collection consists of beaded necklaces and chandelier inspired earrings with brass wire and coloured beads.

These new designs will be available next month to order.

Exciting collaboration

We believe that collaboration is the key to continous innovation and have therefore teamed up with an emerging designer from the UK, Hayley Zierold. Doron, our in-house designer is working closely with Hayley on developing the signature style of Quazi Design in a new capsule collection that will be launched in 2012.

The aim of this project is for Quazi Design to offer young inspiring designers a chance to work directly with a small ethical craft company in Africa, giving them experience and a creative platform for their work. It is also a chance for Quazi Design to offer new original designs to their customers and for our woman producers to learn new skills and hopefully employ more artisans.

Hayley Zierold is a contemporary jewellery designer and artist who is inspired by the intricacy and transient state of nature. The concept of jewellery and the values relating to it are vast, for Hayley designing jewellery has become an expressive language. Hayley is interested in how she can produce ethically sound and sustainable work.

We are very excited about this collaboration and will keep you all updated on progress with samples and final products.

To see Hayleys website click here

New York Gift Show

We are very pleased to announce our new distributor in the US; Samantha Davimes.

Their aim is to provide designs that are luxurious, trendy, vibrant and unusual, and work only with designers, manufacturers and artisans who maintain fair trade standards and a social consciousness. We are proud to be part of their new up and coming product line.

They created a beautiful stand at this years New York Gift Fair, and we were lucky enough to be interviewed by the NY Video Blog, have a look here

If you are in the US and looking to buy some of our unique jewellery please contact Samantha Davimes at info@samanthadavimes.com.

Christmas decorations available now