Zulu Basketry is the first comprehensive pictorial record of a craft form that has endured political change and empowered basket weavers with a sustainable means of making a living. Zulu Basketry focuses on contemporary basketweaving from the Hlabisa area of Kwa-Zulu Natal where some of the best work is produced. Master weavers from this area like the late Reuben Ndwandwe and Beauty Ngxongo are represented in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and in private collections worldwide. Zulu Basketry includes a historical overview, details of basketry method and technique, basketweaver profiles and a guide to telephone wire basketry, as well as information on sources and suppliers.
Zulu Basketry is the first comprehensive pictorial record of a craft form that has endured political change and empowered basket weavers with a sustainable means of making a living. Zulu Basketry focuses on contemporary basketweaving from the Hlabisa area of Kwa-Zulu Natal where some of the best work is produced. Master weavers from this area like the late Reuben Ndwandwe and Beauty Ngxongo are represented in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and in private collections worldwide. Zulu Basketry includes a historical overview, details of basketry method and technique, basketweaver profiles and a guide to telephone wire basketry, as well as information on sources and suppliers.
Historical overview; basketry method and technique; basket weaver profiles; telephone wire basketry; sources and suppliers.
Jannie van Heerden holds a Masters degree in Fine Art and a Diploma in Education, Rhodes University, In 1989 Jannie was appointed as Senior Subject Advisor for Arts and Crafts education in the previous Kwazulu Government Service. He learned about Zulu Crafts out of necessity as it was a compulsory subject in Zulu speaking schools. Jannie spent 16 years in the field, specifically with basket weavers learning the craft and also documenting weavers and materials and techniques. He is presently Deputy Chief Education Specialist in the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department, in charge of Visual Arts and Design.
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