Open Studios Fish Hoek & Clovelly

Susan is a designer and costume maker with experience across theatre, film, fashion, and education. She has taught sewing, led creative workshops, and sold her own designs across South Africa. Her current focus is on reshaping her brand toward a model rooted in sustainability and craftsmanship. “I will be presenting this process of ‘reshaping’, in the form of corsets, collars and capes, as well as some other clothing and accessories, made from materials I have accumulated over the years.” Exhibitions In A Frame – Spin Street Gallery, 2019 Africa is Now – Design Indaba Expo, 2014 The ‘Bride in Art’ – Irma Stern, 1993 AIDS and Safer Sex: An Exhibition – AVA (Artstrip), 1993 Follow Susan 📸 Instagram: @tripclothingbrand_

Mandy is a multidisciplinary artist who works mainly with alternative materials, alternative printmaking techniques, and experiential sculpture and installation. Her dual passions for art and sharing knowledge have led her to initiate collaborative projects, lead workshops, and mentor other artists as part of her evolving practice. Mandy’s work is included in multiple private and corporate collections. Her most recent presentations were at CIRCA Cape Town (2024) and AfrikaBurn (2025). Background & Location She was born in Johannesburg and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand. She now lives in Fish Hoek and practices mainly between the Cape and Gauteng. See More of Mandy’s Work 📸 Instagram: @mandy.johnston.art

Initially trained as a medical doctor, Carol Hofmeyr then studied printmaking at what is now the University of Johannesburg. She moved to the village of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape and founded the Keiskamma Art Project. For 20 years, she worked alongside the women — and some men — of three rural villages, creating major works that explored illness, death, restoration, and resurrection. Since 2020, Carol has been trying to find her way back to making personal artworks , and Open Studios Fish Hoek offered her the first opportunity to show this body of work. Her themes continue to reflect on the natural world - its fragility and vulnerability - as well as human pain and suffering, and the hope and restoration beyond that. Mediums & Methods Carol works in ceramics , painting, embroidery, and mixed media, blending craft and fine art to explore complex emotional and ecological themes. See Mo...

threads that bind us creates perfectly imperfect home decor that is handmade by South African sisters, Emma & Leila Rowett. Inspired by the Cape’s natural beauty, they have created a range of unique, timeless soft furnishings. Their designs are hand drawn and then stitched using free-motion embroidery, which gives the feeling of "drawing with thread". This freehand machine embroidery technique used to “draw” with thread means that each product is one of a kind. Inspired by Nature The products are all embroidered with motifs that take inspiration from the protea and fynbos family predominantly, but you will notice a few landscapes popping up, as well as figures. Custom Embroidery They also offer a bespoke service — if they can draw it, they can stitch it! Follow Their Work 📸 Instagram: @threadsthatbindus Website: threads that bind