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Carrol is an iconic South African artist who is widely recognized and globally celebrated. Carrol created and founded the brand that many collectors love today with her incomparable designs that elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Carrol was meticulous about the quality of the materials she used and spent countless hours honing her creativity into functional art pieces that are passed down from generation to generation. She graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts and first pursued teaching as a career before returning to sculpting and design which was her true love and passion. Since then, Carrol has been the recipient of countless awards in both art, design, and entrepreneurship. Even after Carrol’s untimely passing, she remains the heart and soul of the brand and our designers are constantly striving to hit the creative mark – just like she taught them.  |
Mentored under the guidance of Carrol, our product designers and developers were handpicked by Carrol to work with her. Our designers continue to develop products the way Carrol taught them, as well as use the suppliers she chose herself. Carrol has left the business with a plethora of new products in the pipeline. The talented design team, headed up by Madeleine Morgan, continue to create world class functional art in keeping with the legacy of the brand.
Madeleine Morgan
Madeleine proudly leads the team of product designers and developers with more than 16 years of experience behind her with 11 of them being under the wing of Carrol. Madeleine’s work ethic revolves around ensuring that Carrol’s legacy of unique design and quality remains at the heart of the brand in terms of design and development. When Industrial Design was introduced to her in her final year of high school, Madeleine immediately knew this was the direction she was meant to focus on as a career and so she graduated in 2004 with a Diploma in Industrial Design. The Ripple Glassware range is close to her heart as it reminds her of Carrol’s stature and thinking process. When Madeleine is not working on product design and development, she can be found in her kitchen cooking up a storm. Carrol taught Madeleine to push boundaries and get out of her comfort zone which is something she continues to do both in her career and personal life.
Holly Birkby
Holly is a talented artist that describes herself as getting into product design over the years. From a young age, she reads books on design which enabled her to spot an Eames Chair at the age of 10 from afar which is why she aptly worked as a design lecturer for some time. Her talents were predominantly focused on jewellery before she moved to Carrol Boyes. Holly worked with Carrol for 13 years which honed her skills at producing products for the brand that work well and are loved by collectors too.
Lee Gordon
Lee graduated with an Honours Degree from the Ruth Prows School of Art and has been with Carrol Boyes since her graduation, 13 years ago. Lee enjoys working with our Iconic pieces as shaping and sculpting comes naturally to her. As Lee’s mother was an artist, she grew up exploring her creative side which has served her well. Carrol mentored Lee since she started at the company and taught her to stay true to herself and to always voice her opinion. Inspiration comes to Lee when she is in the right frame of mind but also as she is working on a project. Lee loves that her job is tactile and hands on and admits that no day is the same at Carrol Boyes. Product design often has curve balls, but Lee sees this as an opportunity to practice creative thinking and problem solving.
Greg Visagie
Since high school Greg has had a deep appreciation for different art movements and as a child his fascination with how objects were put together, so product design and development has always been at the forefront of his passions. Greg was mentored by Carrol for just over 2,5 years and has since ensured that each piece he works on speaks to functionality, art and quality whilst upholding the standards of excellence Carrol Boyes is renown for. Greg’s favourite piece is Sculpture – Dreamer which he worked closely on with Carrol and is the first non-functional product the brand has sent out to the market. Greg works closely with the product design team and appreciates the creativity that everyone brings to the table. He draws inspiration from his fellow designers.
Jinx Shaw
Jinx has been a part of the Carrol Boyes family for over 25 years, of which 23 were spent working with Carrol. Jinx draws inspiration from her home in Africa and enjoys incorporating ancient and contemporary art into her projects. Jinx spends her time honing her craft in designing and creating ceramic pieces if she is not busy with a carpentry challenge. Art and creativity have always been part of Jinx’s lifestyle and she enjoys getting involved in projects at work where she has a hand in items that are successful in the marketplace. The special sculpture designed for Desmond Tutu in 2002 remains Jinx’s favourite project. She described this piece as one never to be forgotten as she completed the piece and designed the mould for the sculpture. Jinx loves working on figurative pieces and holds the personal, design and business lessons Carrol imparted close to her heart.
Janine George
Janine creatively leads the brand at Carrol Boyes. With two decades of experience in production, product development and commercial management across a number of industries, Janine has had the opportunity to build and grow the marketing, content and digital teams in the business. With a love of all things customer and product, Janine has a love for insight and data. Whilst she would say she is half Engineer (Mechanical) and half Creative, she most enjoys bringing teams together.
The new Carrol Boyes website took 9 months to design and launch (she calls it her 5th child) and Janine has been instrumental in making this happen – bringing Art to more people around the world. When Janine is not officially ‘at work’, she is a wife and mom to four children and 2 dogs. She is obsessed with clearing and is crafting a new range of storage – her favourite saying ‘a place for everything and everything in its place’.
Carrol is an iconic South African artist who is widely recognized and globally celebrated. Carrol created and founded the brand that many collectors love today with her incomparable designs that elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Carrol was meticulous about the quality of the materials she used and spent countless hours honing her creativity into functional art pieces that are passed down from generation to generation.
She graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts and first pursued teaching as a career before returning to sculpting and design which was her true love and passion. Since then, Carrol has been the recipient of countless awards in both art, design, and entrepreneurship. Even after Carrol’s untimely passing, she remains the heart and soul of the brand and our designers are constantly striving to hit the creative mark – just like she taught them.
Mentored under the guidance of Carrol, our product designers and developers were handpicked by Carrol to work with her. Our designers continue to develop products the way Carrol taught them, as well as use the suppliers she chose herself. Carrol has left the business with a plethora of new products in the pipeline. The talented design team, headed up by Madeleine Morgan, continue to create world class functional art in keeping with the legacy of the brand.
Madeleine Morgan
Madeleine proudly leads the team of product designers and developers with more than 16 years of experience behind her with 11 of them being under the wing of Carrol. Madeleine’s work ethic revolves around ensuring that Carrol’s legacy of unique design and quality remains at the heart of the brand in terms of design and development. When Industrial Design was introduced to her in her final year of high school, Madeleine immediately knew this was the direction she was meant to focus on as a career and so she graduated in 2004 with a Diploma in Industrial Design. The Ripple Glassware range is close to her heart as it reminds her of Carrol’s stature and thinking process. When Madeleine is not working on product design and development, she can be found in her kitchen cooking up a storm. Carrol taught Madeleine to push boundaries and get out of her comfort zone which is something she continues to do both in her career and personal life.
Holly Birkby
Holly is a talented artist that describes herself as getting into product design over the years. From a young age, she read books on design which enable her to spot an Eames Chair at the age of 10 from afar which is why she aptly worked as a design lecturer for some time. As a child she loved creating furniture and accessories for her doll’s house and naturally moved towards art and design in her career. Holly’s talents were predominantly focused on jewelry before she moved to Carrol Boyes. Holly worked with Carrol for 13 years which has honed her skills into producing products for the brand that work well and are loved by collectors too. Holly’s talents also include foundry work which is intrinsic to the brand. Holly is determined to sidestep the danger of becoming pigeonholed as a product designer and developer and finds solace in the Cape’s marine biology, reading and riding motorcycles.
Lee Gordon
Lee graduated with an Honours Degree from the Ruth Prows School of Art and has been with Carrol Boyes since her graduation, 13 years ago. Lee enjoys working with our Iconic pieces as shaping and sculpting comes naturally to her. As Lee’s mother was an artist, she grew up exploring her creative side which has served her well. Carrol mentored Lee since she started at the company and taught her to stay true to herself and to always voice her opinion. Inspiration comes to Lee when she is in the right frame of mind but also as she is working on a project. Lee loves that her job is tactile and hands on and admits that no day is the same at Carrol Boyes. Product design often has curve balls, but Lee sees this as an opportunity to practice creative thinking and problem solving.
Greg Visagie
Since high school Greg has had a deep appreciation for different art movements and as a child his fascination with how objects were put together, so product design and development has always been at the forefront of his passions. Greg was mentored by Carrol for just over 2,5 years and has since ensured that each piece he works on speaks to functionality, art and quality whilst upholding the standards of excellence Carrol Boyes is renown for. Greg’s favourite piece is Sculpture – Dreamer which he worked closely on with Carrol and is the first non-functional product the brand has sent out to the market. Greg works closely with the product design team and appreciates the creativity that everyone brings to the table. He draws inspiration from his fellow designers.
Jinx Shaw
Jinx has been a part of the Carrol Boyes family for over 25 years, of which 23 were spent working with Carrol. Jinx draws inspiration from her home in Africa and enjoys incorporating ancient and contemporary art into her projects. Jinx spends her time honing her craft in designing and creating ceramic pieces if she is not busy with a carpentry challenge. Art and creativity have always been part of Jinx’s lifestyle and she enjoys getting involved in projects at work where she has a hand in items that are successful in the marketplace. The special sculpture designed for Desmond Tutu in 2002 remains Jinx’s favourite project. She described this piece as one never to be forgotten as she completed the piece and designed the mould for the sculpture. Jinx loves working on figurative pieces and holds the personal, design and business lessons Carrol imparted close to her heart.
Janine George
Janine creatively leads the brand at Carrol Boyes. With two decades of experience in production, product development and commercial management across a number of industries, Janine has had the opportunity to build and grow the marketing, content and digital teams in the business. With a love of all things customer and product, Janine has a love for insight and data. Whilst she would say she is half Engineer (Mechanical) and half Creative, she most enjoys bringing teams together.
The new Carrol Boyes website took 9 months to design and launch (she calls it her 5th child) and Janine has been instrumental in making this happen – bringing Art to more people around the world. When Janine is not officially ‘at work’, she is a wife and mom to four children and 2 dogs. She is obsessed with clearing and is crafting a new range of storage – her favourite saying ‘a place for everything and everything in its place’.