Cape Craft and Design Institute: 2011 Handmade Collection

Deadline: 3 December 2010 at 3:30 p.m. (ONLINE)

2011 Handmade Collection
Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI)
East City, Cape Town
South Africa


The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) has called for entries for its prestigious 2011 Handmade Collection, which will showcase the top 100 handmade products in the Western Cape.

The exhibition will launch at the iconic Design Indaba Expo in February 2011. Thereafter it will show at conferences, exhibitions and creative venues, in agreement with the CCDI, for a year. The exhibition is professionally styled and complemented by a glossy full colour catalogue.

Craft producers work in a variety of media such as ceramics, beads, metal, leather, wood, wax and more. Last year’s collection, for example, included consistently beautiful and interesting items ranging from a copper wire lamp incorporating negative film strips, to a wire truck modelled on international long-haul vehicles, and a tiered floral chandelier made from recycled milk bottles.

The CCDI Handmade Collection is not a competition-- there is no prize money involved and there are no winners. It is a selection of the very best of Western Cape Handmade objects (craft) into a COLLECTION.

Craft producers may choose their own media, which could include ceramics, beads, metal, leather, wood, wax and more. There’s plenty of scope to test your creative limits, whatever your favourite materials and techniques may be.

Final selection will be made by a curator panel representing various arts, culture and media institutions.

Entry forms for the 2011 Handmade Collection may be collected from the CCDI or downloaded from its website. An object may not exceed 1×1x1m and the final choice will be made by a selection panel representing various arts, culture and media institutions.

The deadline for entry of display items by photograph is Friday 3 December 2010 at 15:30.

DOWNLOAD the information document about the 2011 Handmade Collection (this document includes links to registration and entry forms): www.capecraftanddesign.org.za/application_form_ccdi_2011_handmade_collection.pdf

To REGISTER your intention to submit a display item and to ENTER your display item(s) please visit website then click on the relevant links.

Website: www.capecraftanddesign.org.za


For further CCDI information:
CCDI
75 Harrington Street
East City, Cape Town
South Africa

T: +27 (021) 460 1488
F: +27 (021) 460 1228