HOME is a large, handwoven wool lampshade that brings the essence of the Karoo
indoors, casting warmth, calm, and memory into the spaces where we live and reflect. It aims to bring the material world we adore into the rooms where we rest after long days in the sun, and seek comfort during long winter nights. Created from a working sheep farm, this piece draws inspiration from the rhythm and cycle of farm life—an existence closely tied to the land and the systems that make up this place. The piece was constructed through the slow, repetitive process of hand-weaving—strand by strand, movement by movement. Each thread was pulled through with intention, gradually building shape and surface over many hours. This meditative labour reflects the patience of the landscape itself: the time it takes for grass to grow after rain, for lambs to be born, for seasons to turn. The process became a quiet act of devotion to the land, memory, and making. The wool used is 100% Merino carpet wool, gifted to me by my mother-in-law, who once made a home in the same house I now inhabit. In using this material, the work becomes not only a reflection of the external landscape but also an intergenerational weaving of history and heritage, deeply personal and rooted in place. The form of the lampshade offers a soft, enclosing glow, echoing the openness of the Karoo’s horizon. The palette shifts through shades of green, sun-bleached browns, soft pinks, and dusky blues, mirroring the land’s seasonal transformations. It highlights the pink-hued skies at sunset and the cool blue shadows that stretch across distant mountains in the late afternoon. As someone who has returned to the Karoo to build a life, HOME is both a meditation and a celebration of returning, of grounding, of finding beauty in the everyday textures of farm life in the Karoo. It is a quiet homage to the vast and resilient landscape I call home—and an attempt to capture the serenity it offers indoors, where we find comfort, shelter, and create a home.