The Flagship’s Mini Gift Emporium

Did you know about our little cabinet of delights?  Slowly but surely we have curated some beautiful pieces that are for sale at The Flagship.

An eclectic mix of silver objet d’art, jewellery and handcrafted wooden bowls is all on display in our gift cabinet.

We are celebrating National Women’s Day on the 9th of August with a fabulous prize.  If you’d like your pick of the cabinet (to the maximum value of R500) make a booking with us during the month of August and be in with a chance to to win a ‘shopping spree’ in our emporium!

Please note, bookings need to made during August but can be taken anytime. If you are the chosen winner, you can choose your prize when you come to dine or stay with us.

 This month’s featured artisans are:

Featured Artisan: RODNEY BAND.
Rodney produces individual hand turned bowls and crafted table tops. Each piece is totally unique.
“I spot a sleeping tree stump or root. From there I decide on what size is most suited. With a “HEAVE” and all my might I attach the great stump to my lathe.
I spend days and days spontaneously shaping the piece. After many hours of love a one-of-a-kind piece is organically brought to life. Each bowl is finely polished and coated with exclusive Danish oil. I create approximately 60 bowls per year and each bowl is entirely unique. ”

Featured Artisan: BRUCE LITTLE of Pangolin Designs.

“Bruce Little sculpts to capture the spirit of the wild African creatures he has observed and guarded for most of his life. Self taught, instinctual, the artist’s technique captures the essential movement and attitudes of his subjects.

He became a conservationist and professional game ranger, working at the famous private game reserves of Londolozi and Singita in the South African bush veld and then later spearheaded the development of a reserve in the Eastern Cape.

He sculpts by feel to produce an impression of the animal’s character, rather than an anatomically perfect replica. A committed conservationist as well as an accomplished photographer, Bruce started working in clay to express a private passion – but eventually he was persuaded by friends and family to share his artworks. “I sculpt to honour the animal for what it is, not for what it was,” he explains. Bruce’s personal credo is also his personal crusade: “It is our responsibility to do whatever we can to conserve the world’s diminishing natural resources”.

Bruce’s has exhibited internationally and his bronzes are collected on all five continents as limited editions and private commissions ranging from life size to miniature.

Bruce frequently receives requests from organisations and companies for smaller works of art and what started as a experimental pewter gift for a friend has now turned into a business creating the same unique works as the bronze pieces but in pewter. He has created a range of miniature wild animals and fish.”