Barbados-based Guyanese creative talent on show at GuyExpo

Amander Clarke-Williams and her husband Cedric at the Williams Legacy booth at Guyexpo

– mulls $10M workshop, showroom here

The Williams Legacy is the story a Guyanese craft enterprise that has made waves in Barbados and now seeks to put down roots in the country where the tradition was born.

Cedric and Amander Clarke’s booth at this year’s GuyExpo attracted attention on account of the quaintness of what it offered; coarse pieces of sturdy tree trunk, the roughness of which had been tamed by intricate craftsmanship. Dead objects had life breathed into them and the end products, an attractive collection of creatively carved ornaments including stunningly attractive jewel boxes stood out at Sophia over last weekend.

Amander Clarke-Williams is one half of the current dispensation of the Williams legacy, the other half being her husband Cedric. Both are Guyanese, both learnt their trade in Barbados and both