Carrol boyes biography
Carrol boyes biography
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Carrol Boyes – The startup story of an iconic South African designer who built a global homeware brand
Melanie Hawken
Since 1991, this incredibly creative designer with a sculptural flair and an eye for the unusual, has taken the global homeware market by storm with her distinctive designs and must-have tableware pieces.
Carrol Boyes’ career path started out in the world of academia, as an English and art teacher - she was an arts graduate with a major in sculpture from the University of Pretoria.
However, her dream was always to be an artist and one that could earn enough money to survive from the work she produced. When she turned 35 years old, she realised that she would either have to do something practical to realise her ambitions, or live with regret for the rest of her life.
Fortunately for the design world, she chose to do the former. She left her teaching post in 1990 and, ever the pragmatist, paid off her bills and debts leaving her with enough money to