August 26, 2020

Teddy Kinyanjui – Towards Energy Conservation

At a very young age, Teddy Kinyanjui was diagnosed with dyslexia. This condition resulted in his poor performance at school. However, every cloud has a silver […]
August 25, 2020

Fridah Kamau – Where Science Meets Art

Pottery is an age old craft that dates back to the Neolithic Revolution where there was a transition from nomadic hunting and gathering lifestyles to agricultural and settlement. […]
August 24, 2020

Roopi Babra – Harmony in Glass Creations

  Light and colour could be considered two gifts of nature. For centuries artists have tried to capture the essence of these two elements to bring […]
August 21, 2020

Evans Ngure – When Drawn to Art

When Evans Ngure reflects on his childhood, the word that comes to mind is authentic. His childhood had less technology interference and that allowed him to […]
August 20, 2020

Mina Popat – Kenyan Beads

Traveling was engrained in Mina Popat from a young age. Her father loved to travel and soon enough, she and her two sisters picked the travel […]
August 19, 2020

Lucy Muthoni Maina – Crafting From Wool

1978 is a year that Lucy Muthoni Maina remembers all too well. Up until this year she had been a wife and a homemaker for seven years. […]
August 18, 2020

Diana Karungari – Jewellery That Tells a Story

Personal decorative pieces have always been a part of African culture. Beyond its use to adorn the body, jewellery was also used to convey specific messages. Some jewellery spoke to a woman’s marital and child-bearing status while others symbolized a man’s standing in his community. Jewellery was also believed to offer the […]
August 17, 2020

Patrick Kibe – Your Trash is My Cash

They call him Mr Dudu. It’s not a name that Patrick Kibe would have foreseen in his future when he was growing up in Othaya but life has a funny […]
August 14, 2020

Khadija Abdi Hajj – Embroidering Swahili Kofias

The home science room of Pate Primary School was Khadija Abdi Hajj’s favourite place. Khadija enjoyed learning how to use a sewing machine and the different […]
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