Taking embroidery to the next level
Friday, April 17, 2015
Mphetolang's work
With no background of visual arts, her breakthrough came at the age of 28 years of age after she attended a Chinese Embroidery workshop organised by the Department of Arts and Culture in 2010.
That was all it took for Mphetolang to make a drastic life change. She picked up her needle and began her handicraft of drawing pictures on fabric with needle and thread.
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