Umlilo nomhlaba

Workshops from the ground at the foot of Mbayiyane

Five shelves of raw elemental making. Fire and earth gathered directly from the surrounding soil.

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Shelves of earth

100%

Gathered materials

The Practice

Four stages of slow transformation

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Gathering

Crushing

Making

Settling

Walking the hillside to collect wild ochre, fallen wood, and riverbank clay.

Grinding mineral pigments understone and beating local plant fibres into pulp.

Coiling vessels by hand, pulling sheets, and drawing with burned wood charcoal.

Allowing the dye to take unevenly, holding the quiet memory of leaf and bark.

Join a workshop at the bench

Intimate sessions held in ambient stillness.