GRAFFITI OR MURAL ART?
The word graffiti has its origins in both Greek and Italian. Graphein is Greek for “scratch”, “carve” or “write” while graffiato in Italian means “scratched”. Although there have been different forms of graffiti (before […]
MULTIPLE TECHNIQUES, SINGULAR BEAUTY
Stripes, layers, stacked textures … these striking sculptures by different artists appear to use the same techniques but in fact they’re highly divergent. For one there’s Japanese-American artist Jun Kaneko’s […]
OUR SHOES WILL LEAD US
What COVID-19 has done to all of us, with no discrimination whatsoever since every single one of us is feeling it, no exceptions, is create a loss of any sense […]
PARADYS (KLOOF) THROUGH THE EYES OF DYLAN LEWIS
Overwhelming. Awesome. World class. These are all words that describe South African sculptor Dylan Lewis’s sculpture garden on Mulberry Farm in Paradyskloof (a very apt name, that!), Stellenbosch. The artist […]
FOTO FOCUS: GREAT TIPS FOR CELL PHONE PICS
USE GRIDLINES TO BALANCE YOUR SHOT Turn on the camera’s gridlines to superimpose a series of lines on the screen of your smartphone’s camera that are based on the “rule […]
A DIFFERENT FACE OF PICASSO
I have been fortunate, during the course of our travels, to have seen many different exhibitions of Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20th […]
FOTO FOCUS – PICTURE EDITING
Most of the photos we take can be improved in some way, no matter how skillful the photographer. Computer programs and cellphone photo editing apps vary from very basic free […]
HOMELESS DURING LOCKDOWN
Sleeping rough presents one of the biggest challenges of survival as a human being. It does not happen overnight and is usually a process triggered by unexpected events and bad […]
MAPUNGUBWE – DIE “HEUWEL VAN DIE JAKKALS”
Wintertyd is Bosveld-tyd met die lang pad Noorde toe. Daar waar die hardekoolvuurtjie jou vleisie beslis anders laat smaak. Mapungubwe Nasionale Park, digby Musina, wag ons (normaalweg) gereeld in wintertyd […]
THE ART OF CERAMICS
Earlier this year (when we lived a different life, we travelled to distant lands, and the word COVID-19 had hardly found a place in the world’s vocabulary), I was in […]
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