Craft Art Route Day Tours: Description

Craft artists are pioneering new frontiers of creative expression in and around Cape Town and among the breath-taking Cape Winelands.
These day tours introduce you to cutting-edge artists and crafters who are forging a fresh identity and reinterpreting their heritage in exciting new ways.
We offer four shape-shifting day tour choices, with mix and match variations …

THEN & NOW

In the heart of the city contrast a priceless 18th century townhouse and museum with a studio that specialises in the uniquely African genre of wire art.
Meet artists in an interactive workshop, hearing about their sustainable projects and social upliftment.
Discover how design, art and craft are providing a third way between entrepreneurship and aid.
Meander around urban galleries and a treasure trove of quintessentially local, hand made objects.
Uncover artistry that pays tribute to the past and present in an unexpected Waterfront location.

EMERGING & ESTABLISHED

Explore the up-and-coming inner city precinct of Woodstock, visiting craft hubs, bespoke art publishers, vigorous young designers, leading art galleries.
Travel south to the coastal villages of Kalk Bay and Simons Town, taking in showcase galleries that stretch the power of innovation and production, and witness various bronze casting practises in a leading foundry.

CITYSCAPES

Visit a creative hub within a historic complex of working studios. Wander around this rustic setting, interacting with craftsmen such as hip recyclers, pioneering jewellers, ceramicists, weavers, furniture makers, a publisher or two and a musical instrument maker.
Then via Constantia Nek cross the mountain to Hout Bay,meeting with artists in collective initiatives that facilitate skills development, encourage innovation and employ environmentally conscious design. Hear their stories and be uplifted too on this enlightening and inspirational day tour.

WINELAND ESCAPES

Encounter brand name luminaries, studded among the Stellenbosch winelands and Franschhoek and Paarl valleys.
Look over several private art collections on premier wine estates and while crossing panoramic mountain passes.
Along the way, you’ll have the chance to glimpse the studio of a world-recognised metal sculptor, meet a distinguished ceramicist or a light sculptor & passionate people-empowerer.