Being a creative artist is not just a hobby for ceramicist Bheki Moyo; it is a way to earn a living.
The ‘clay master’ as his friends call him, Bheki Moyo, is a local ceramicist whose shop is based at the Bryanston organic market.
Moyo says that he has always been artistic. As a child, his friends would ask him to draw art for them in elementary school.
He tells the Sandton Chronicle that the inspiration for his handmade ceramics comes from nature and his surroundings.
“Whenever I create these ceramics at my studio, I make sure to fully reflect my artistic self as well as the beauty of nature and life in general.”
He elaborates that he has been at the Bryanston Market since 2017, and the business was good before COVID but is now starting to pick up again.
“Tourists are back and many of my customers are tourists and locals who take my artwork overseas as gifts and I am grateful that life is back to normal now.”
Moyo explains that a lot of young people are inspired by his work, especially those who are doing art at school. They see that you can make a living out of it and that inspires them. He is thinking of offering classes in the near future.
“Being a small business owner is not easy. The journey has not been easy but knowing what you want to achieve at the end of the day keeps you going forward and aiming for higher things.”
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