The Xhosa and Zulu word for “beauty” is Ubuhle. It is also the right word to describe a new form of bead art, developed by a community of women living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. “Ubuhle ...

Mar. 4—WILKES-BARRE — This traveling exhibition of stunning bead-art from South Africa tells a luminous story of independence, migration and memory. Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence ...

The women who created the artwork in Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence “paint” with beads. Each “canvas” is composed of a myriad of tiny glass beads sewn into black cloth stretched ...

Much like beadwork, knitted patterns act as adornments. Though they don't carry a spiritual message of their own, designer Laduma Ngxokolo's intricate geometric designs serve as a reminder of his ...

The Society of the Four Arts brings brightness and color to Palm Beach with the art exhibition, Ubuhle Women, Beadwork and the Art of Independence, which opened Nov. 14 and runs through Jan. 17, 2021.

Laduma Ngxokolo, the award winning South African textile and knitwear designer, remembers the first jersey he ever designed and made. His mother - herself a creative and industrious woman who would ...

Most designers draw inspiration from a specific audience or muse, but for his new line of mens knitwear, Laduma Ngxokolo focused on a group dear to his heart, the Xhosa tribe of Port Elizabeth, South ...