STUDIO NOTES

Notes, artifacts, fragments, process, the occasional argument with life and Larry.
You know, thoughts from the Mayura studio.

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The Lamp
Studio, Artifacts Tiffany Govender Studio, Artifacts Tiffany Govender

The Lamp

A thrift store lamp plus three cases of mistaken identity lead to a question worth sitting with … what are we actually recognizing when something lights us up?

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The Cup that Survived Me
Artifacts, Studio Tiffany Govender Artifacts, Studio Tiffany Govender

The Cup that Survived Me

I made this cup during a season of severe anxiety, deliberately choosing something I was bad at so I could show up and stay. Years later, it holds chai while I work, proof that some things we make only need to be sturdy enough to outlast who we were.

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Somewhere in the Building
Studio Tiffany Govender Studio Tiffany Govender

Somewhere in the Building

Creating a Home for an Interdisciplinary Creative Practice. Somewhere in the middle of linking posts and rearranging rooms, I realized I wasn’t just building a platform for offerings. I was (finally!) building a place where my work itself could live.

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The Plan Problem
Studio Tiffany Govender Studio Tiffany Govender

The Plan Problem

On planning, uncertainty, and the search for steadiness. Studio ramblings on letting go of control and finding stability through attention to what’s here.

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