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    CCDI calls for Indaba design entries

    Entries for inclusion in the 2012 Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) Handmade Collection can now be submitted. The products will be unveiled at the Design Indaba Expo in February 2012 to retail buyers and collectors from South Africa and worldwide, showcased in a glossy catalogue and on the CCDI website.
    Amy Rusch's crown of recycled magazine paper from 2011 Handmade Collection.<p>Image: Eric Miller
    Amy Rusch's crown of recycled magazine paper from 2011 Handmade Collection.

    Image: Eric Miller

    Western Cape craft producers and designer can submit innovative handmade craft and design products in anything from ceramics, wool and textiles, to glass, wood and metal. Previous selections have included items such as mosaics, beadwork, embroidery, lighting, jewellery and even homeware made from recycled plastic, fabric waste and bottle caps.

    A board of designers, retail gallery owners and curators will select work. The curators seek originality, innovation, local distinctiveness, integrity and skill in the chosen craft or design area.

    The only limits are that the final product must not measure more than 1 x 1 x 1 metres. The deadline for entry of display items by photograph is Friday 2 December 2011 at 3.30pm.

    For more information, go to www.capecraftanddesign.org.za.

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