Thanks to the friendliness and enthusiasm of marketing manager Anke Appelgryn and every other member of the Kapula team, it didn't feel like we were working at all.
Here are a few photographs that tell the story of our visit.
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Anke and Ilse Appelgryn. Ilse started making candles in her garage in 1993 and today it has grown into a thriving business which embraces the principles of the World Fair Trade Organisation |
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From the smiles, it is clear that this assignment was not hard work! I had to shoot a portrait of each and every Kapula employee (96 people from four different locations in all). Thanks to marketing manager, Anke's ability to plan and organise and everyone's willingness to participate, we managed to complete the task in four hours. |
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The candles are hand-made and hand-painted by experienced workers using wax and pigment and a very steady hand. |
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The workshop where the candles are made. I had to contend with very low light as well as a fine, clingy mist caused by molten wax. The equipment survived! |
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The coloured wax turns even ordinary tools into works of art. |
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An experienced candle painter with a sample board showing one of many combinations of patterns, textures and colours in the Kapula candle range |
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The workshop where the candles are painted offered an endless supply of photo opportunities. |
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Production team, marketing team and design team meet. |
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Besides candles, Kapula also creates hand-crafted ceramics and tableware. |
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Special people and special products |
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Each item's design is hand-drawn before the glazes are added. |
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Martin among the ceramics painters Background photographs by Erika Kruger |
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