What do you call the thing you picked and where does it go?
It use to stand in our dining room .cutlery and plate kassie
Why did you pick this furniture piece?
Memory of having to clean and polish it every week
Explain what this furniture piece means to you or your family/friends?
When we had people over the plates and cutlery was used from this kassie.
Tell me a story around this furniture piece? A memory, a thought or something that happened recently.
That kassie was polished weekly, my brother and I use to fight over who must polish it every week, in the end, it become part of our upbringing, cleaning it weekly
How does this piece of furniture make you feel?
I hate it, because of the cleaning it, but also fond memories as we always had people over and the plates would be used from it
Do you think this piece of furniture represents us as Coloureds? Why?
Yes, it does, it means gathering, family over.
How would you describe your interpretation of Colouredness?
What we had in our houses was not much but it was part of who we are.
What other things strongly represent Colouredness?
The little ornaments we had, which you would find in every coloured household.
What does it mean to be Coloured in South Africa now?
Marginalised, we are losing our culture
What is your relationship with your Colouredness?
I teach my children what we hold dear, traditions, type of foods you only find it coloured homes, afval,
