Henali Kuit

I am a South African currently living in my hometown, Pretoria.   I have been a teacher for the past 8 years, and love working with children.  I started crafting when I was about 4 or 5.  I still love crafting and in my personal work I love to use supplies like clay, paints and beads.

When I was growing up, my grandfather was a farmer and I liked making clay animals with my family next to the river on his farm.  Like many South Africans, I made crafts to use as toys when I was growing up.  To me, the clay ox represents coming-together.  South African children of different races made clay oxen together even during the years that the country was racially segregated.  That is one of the reasons why I am really excited to share this tradition in my Clay Oxen Workshop.   

South Africa is a beautiful place to live.  In my part of our country, summer usually brings daily thunderstorms in the afternoon. I love hearing thunder when it's about 4pm on a very hot day, because that means the heat will soon be broken by a lovely thunder-shower.