Morgan Mahape is a self-taught artist whose works are inspired by nature. He uses vegetation as a symbol of life and development. ‘I work with glass beads on strings. Those are fishline strings,’ says Mahape. ‘First, I cut out a piece of wood and use nails to hang the strings and then I put the beads one by one. Every string is independent. If you put all the strings together, you get a full picture because the technique itself is a concept of unity. Each bead represents an individual and then the beads on the strings represent a group of people.’