Tag: handicrafts
The ROC Market
| Leave a CommentSuva’s longest running business incubator is a fun day out By Samantha Magick Visit downtown Suva on the third Sunday of every month and you will find three vibrant streets full of local products, food and music. The ROC Market is an institution in the capital, growing from nine tents in Foster Street when it […]
Hot Glass Fiji
/ | Leave a CommentHold this, roll this, sit here and blow slowly. If you are a fan of ‘Blown Away’, Netflix’s strangely compelling competitive glass blowing show, you may have thought, ‘That looks like fun, I’d like to try that.’ The onscreen glass artists, and the in-real-life glassblowers at Hot Glass Fiji in Korotogo make it look deceptively […]
Cash on the mat
| Leave a CommentThe Rise Beyond the Reef story By Ariela Zibiah Salanieta Utobota, and her husband can plan for their children to attend boarding schools and complete university education confidently, while sitting in their Bukuya home in the highlands of western Viti Levu. That they are able to plan for all four children’s education without having to […]
Carving out a future, and a past
| 2 Comments on Carving out a future, and a pastBy Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti Jack Isaac Junior’s woodcarving skill is an inherent talent that is shared by his clan, and their relationship with Jack’s of Fiji is an extraordinary one that has lasted generations. “My grandfather and father used to sell their carvings at Jack’s Handicraft back when it was just a small shop,” Junior recalls. […]