Ardmore Design is a world-leading luxury African brand through uncompromising dedication to skill, creativity and pride in everything they do since 1985. Their pieces bring together African artistry, storytelling, and contemporary luxury meet. Rooted in South Africa, Ardmore celebrates the continent’s wildlife, culture, and creative spirit through bold design and exceptional craftsmanship. For over forty years, founder Fée Halsted and more than seventy artists have developed Ardmore’s distinctive aesthetic. The studio has collaborated with global brands such as Hermès and Cole and Son, earned recognition as a modern collectible at Christie’s, and received national honours including the Order of Ikhamanga awarded to Fée Halsted by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Each Ardmore ceramic piece is a collaborative process. From the design sketches, the sculptor or thrower will begin to mould the clay. Fantastical beasts and foliage take shape in skilful hands, before the finished piece is fired in our kilns and allowed to cool. Deft brushstrokes add colour and bring the art works to life. Thus, each ceramic art work has at least two parents: a sculptor and an artist.
