SAD

Craft supply work in Stellenbosch involves managing stock for a remarkably diverse making community—from university students experimenting with printmaking to established artists working in ceramics, textiles, and mixed media. SAD handles the practical side: sourcing quality paper weights and textures, maintaining brush and tool varieties that suit different techniques, stocking paints that perform in the local climate, and keeping specialty items available when demand spikes. The work demands understanding what actually works in practice—which adhesives hold on humid days, which papers take washes without buckling, which charcoal ranges suit different skill levels. It's less about trends and more about the real requirements of people who make things consistently.