Carrol Boyes was a South African artist, businesswoman, and former teacher that is best known as the founder of the Carrol Boyes

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and

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design company.

Early life and career

Boyes grew up in the area around

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and

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in South Africa and went on to study sculpture at the

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obtaining a degree in Fine Arts. After graduation she taught art and English in

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Business

Boyes left teaching in 1989 when she turned 35 to focus on founding a company to design and produce crafts from her home in Cape Town. Starting with jewelry made from clay and

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and then moving on to create her first items for sale from copper. She started selling her work from a stall in

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. By 1992 the company opened its first factory in Limpopo followed by another facility in Paarden Eiland,

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. By the time of her death the company had grown to 45 outlets across South Africa with her products sold in 51 countries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyes, Carrol University of Pretoria alumni South African contemporary artists 21st-century South African artists 20th-century South African artists 21st-century South African businesswomen 20th-century South African businesswomen 1954 births 2019 deaths