South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
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This bowl was made as part of a body of work where Hicks worked in an expressive way. By directly forging in copper he recognised the agency of the material and the perfect tool.
"I was exploring my inner relationship with the feminine values of copper (Venus) as opposed to steel (Mars)"
- Conrad Hicks