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+'use client'
+
+import Image from 'next/image'
+import Badge from '@/components/ui/Badge'
+import { useVulaContent } from '@/hooks/useVulaContent'
+
+export default function ArtisanStoriesSection() {
+  const { items, loading } = useVulaContent('posts')
+
+  if (loading) {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex justify-center py-16">
+        <div className="w-8 h-8 rounded-full border-2 border-[#ea580c] border-t-transparent animate-spin" />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (items.length === 0) return null
+
+  return (
+    <section id="artisan-stories" data-vula-section="artisanstories" data-vula-cms="posts" className="bg-[#f9f5f4] py-20">
+      <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4">
+        <div className="mb-12 flex flex-col gap-4 md:flex-row md:items-end md:justify-between">
+          <div className="max-w-2xl">
+            <p className="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-[#6b8e23]">Women of Nongoma, Bulwer, Impendle &amp; Hluhluwe</p>
+            <h2 className="mt-2 font-display text-3xl md:text-5xl text-[#21140d]">Stories stitched into every weave</h2>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="grid gap-8">
+          {items.map((item, index) => {
+            const d = item.data as { title?: string; excerpt?: string; body?: string; author?: string; category?: string; image?: string }
+            const flip = index % 2 === 1
+            return (
+              <article key={item.id} className="grid items-center gap-8 md:grid-cols-2">
+                <div className={`relative aspect-[4/3] overflow-hidden rounded-2xl ${flip ? 'md:order-2' : ''}`}>
+                  {d?.image ? (
+                    <Image src={d.image} alt={d.title || 'Artisan story'} fill sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" className="object-cover transition-transform duration-500 ease-out hover:scale-105" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <div className="h-full bg-[#e2d9d4]" />
+                  )}
+                </div>
+                <div className={flip ? 'md:order-1' : ''}>
+                  {d?.category && <Badge variant="accent">{d.category}</Badge>}
+                  <h3 className="mt-3 font-display text-2xl text-[#21140d]">{d?.title}</h3>
+                  <p className="mt-3 text-[#36454F]">{d?.excerpt}</p>
+                  {d?.author && <p className="mt-4 text-sm font-semibold text-[#ea580c]">By {d.author}</p>}
+                </div>
+              </article>
+            )
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
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