Tinyiko Baloyi is a lecturer in the Department of Fashion Design in the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).As a researcher, her interests are in collective making, embedded knowledge and identity, indigenous craft practices, and their connections to sustainable ways of existing in harmony with the earth. In addition, she facilitates workshops in fibre crafts and sewing in various communities around South Africa as part of collective making collaborations. Tinyiko believes in the value of working with one’s hands and promotes the creation of spaces for making at various skill levels. Her creative practice within an art and design space is spiritually centred and socially grounded. Her work aims to bring art and design to people through creative workshops and making sessions.