20 Days of HappyThanks #6: Vorster and Braye
This post is the sixth in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Martin and Colin of Vorster & Braye for sponsoring a prize that’s so nice, I might have to go and get one for myself (details at the end)!
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Ceramic design company Vorster and Braye started after Martin Vorster, who had made a career switch from accountancy to architectural design, became frustrated with the lack of large, well-designed planters. He took matters into his own hands, starting with an evening pottery class, and persuaded his partner, electro-mechanical engineer Colin Braye to join him… and next thing, Martin and Colin were converting an ex-nightclub space on Cape Town’s Long Street into their dream studio.
Colin’s engineering skills and niftiness with a welding machine meant they could make all their furniture, and they laid out the studio to include production space, storage, manufacture, a photographic area and a plant-filled balcony too.
These two have had a hand in every single thing you can see in the studio, adding a whole new level to the idea of a ‘handmade business’… and the ceramics they make are super-gorgeous too!
The Vorster and Braye HappyThanks Giveaway
We’ve been BIG fans of Vorster and Braye for a long time now and are thrilled to have them taking part in our 10 HappyThanks giveaways with a prize of their newest release – a set of their stoneware Dry Goods Containers, with lids made of Kiaat wood.
How to enter
- Follow @skinnylaminx on instagram
- Follow @vorsterandbraye on Instagram
- Like the post about the Vorster and Braye giveaway at @skinnylaminx, and leave a comment, tagging a friend.
Competition terms and conditions
- This giveaway closes at midnight (Cape Town Time) on 20 November 2018.
- The winner will be chosen by means of a random generator app, and will be informed via Instagram DM.