Memory is a slippery thing. But I do know its power, its beauty, its story. I know its ability to turn a simple cloth into something much, much more.
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Talking to Cape Town-based artist, Amy Ayanda about process, palette, the journey of motherhood, and the importance of slowing down.
We chat to Master Weaver and Mungo Founder, Stu Holding, about his early days in the Textile Mills in Yorkshire and his journey to South Africa with a continued commitment to the art of weaving.
Talking process and the power of scent with David and Florian, the hands behind Très Nagual – an all-natural, holistic perfumery based in Cape Point, South Africa.
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Over 120 swimmers joined our Winter Solstice Swim on June 20th, collectively raising R30,000 for Adopt a Swimmer – a Plett-based NGO committed to offering children from disadvantaged communities the essential life skill of learning to swim.
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“It is 11:30 and I am laughing now. Laughing because it is not even noon and somehow I have had the profuse luck of being served three breakfasts by Karen Dudley…”
A morning spent in the kitchen with Karen Dudley talking food, flavour and cooking as an act of love. - We’re at Villa d’Almè for one reason, to visit the linen spinners who have, for the past 150 years, meticulously transformed flax into yarn. We are far from the fields of Normandy where it is grown, yet the connections run deep, and the relationships are old. Written by Dax Holding Bergamo, Italy Descending from the [...]
- MUNGO meets Ingrid and Howard Walker of Walkers Beach Boutique Hotel in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Bringing to form a happy marriage in both work and leisure, minimalism and maximalism and texture and tone, their beachside hotel captures barefoot luxury for discerning guests hoping to get the most out of their Garden Route escape. “I [...]
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Watching the 2023 Mungo Swim Club funds materialise into action, with an I AM WATER Ocean Guardian Workshop held in Knysna & Plettenberg Bay.
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Summer is for soaking up the sun and surf. And if you’re around Plettenberg Bay during the season, there’s nothing better than spending a couple of lazy, sun-drenched days at the beach. But while some of us are busy working on our tans, there are also those who are hard at work keeping us safe: the Plett lifeguards.
