Artistic wood carvers and turners is a Durban based manufacturing company and was established in 1972. Artistic has manufactured and supplied in the past a wide range of wooden furniture for both home and business environment. Prior to Artistic establishment as a company, the business then run and owned by the late Mr. DAmend khan specialized in the reproduction and hand carved period style furniture. Some 25 years ago artistic began producing executive ranges of office furniture and chairs, and in 1974 this constituted 20% of the total production. Some ten years later the situation had reversed and nearly 80% of the company’s production was the situation had reversed and nearly 80% of the company’s production was made up of office furniture. Today furniture requirement for the business environment is our specialty, catering mainly for the local markets with some exports to neighboring states, U.A.E and U.K. The local markets are serviced mainly by Cecil Nurse and Waltons chains and other Dealer networks in the major centers.


Quality Management Policy

Artistic does not have a formal quality management such as ISO 9002. However, I, L.A Khan, as Managing Director together with the management staff and the entire production staff have committed ourselves to produce and supply a quality product and services that will satisfy and exceed the expectations of our customers.


Within Artistic, we will:

Place our customers first and maximize confidence.

Adhere to world class quality services and technical standards.

Benchmark and implement best practices found in the furniture industry.

Actively pursue customer satisfaction by doing everything we do right the firs time.

Foster a quality culture

Enhance performance and productivity through training and development.


Empowerment - Affirmative Action Policy

Artistic, being a B.E.E and an Affirmative Action company is continually endeavoring in upgrading its policies with regards to the upliftment of its employees and the community in general. Considering the extent of previously enforced deprivation it is Afrique’s responsibility to provide more than equal opportunity by encouraging devolvement training, skills transfer program, participation and development.


The concept of discrimination, preferential treatment, racism, etc does not exist in the Afrique/Artistic environment. Our policy is to encourage out employees by motivating them to perform at their best and then to remunerate and reward them accordingly

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