David Ballam - SOSU_18 Eating Breakfast each hat tells a story

each hat tells a story of craftsmanship passed down through generations

Create a "salon interior" on a flat cork base or slate tile tucked into a corner

Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood — a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries — then covered in thousands of small pearly black and gold beads on manila string in a striking geometric design

- Glass vessel

Opening diameter: 16cm

David Ballam - SOSU_18 Eating Breakfast each hat tells a storya Kodi Collection. May you be safe. A collection of portraits from South Sudan. David Ballam was born and schooled in Johannesburg, South Africa. He first attended university in Cape Town but later moved to Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape. He was introduced to the camera by Obie Oberholzer and in 2004 gained his Fine Art Degree with Honours in photography. David returned to Johannesburg and after several years experience in the commercial world