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    ARTS & LIFE

    Beading through the generations

    "My mother taught me everything I know", says well-known local craftswoman Vuyiswa Anthony
    CamagwiniBy CamagwiniMarch 28, 2023Updated:April 5, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Vuyiswa Anthony sells bead work under The Arch at the end of Makhanda's High Street. Photo: Mihlali Mpendu.

    By Mihlali Mpendu

    If you are a student or staff member from Rhodes University, a resident of Phumlani (Extension Two), or a local resident of Makhanda you would have probably heard of mam’ Vuyiswa Antoni.

    Antoni has practised the art of beadwork for over three decades. She is one of the very few bead workers left in Makhanda who are constant at presenting her art to the masses.

    Mam’ Antoni started threading her craft of beadwork in 1991 when she became her mother’s assistant. She was later handed the needle to continue threading in the family tradition. Since then she has not turned back and has sold her crafts across the Eastern Cape province.

    Some of Vuyiswa Antoni’s beadwork. Photo: Mihlali Mpendu.

    Her passion for beadwork has propelled her to many places such as Gqeberha, Port Alfred, Kenton-On-Sea as well as Qabimbola (Hogsback), where she sold beadwork at a festival for five days, even though she had no proper accommodation.

    “Besixinene emotweni silala pha nentsimbi zethu” (We were all cramped together and had to sleep in the car with our beads), she said.

    She crafts key rings, earrings, bracelets, and traditional headpieces, as well as custom necklaces. You can buy Antoni’s beadwork directly from her, and you will find her under the Arch in Makhanda.

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