Category: Articles

MY PA, MEESTER CLIFFORD (CLIFFIE) JACOBS

Hulle het baie arm grootgeword. Sy pa, Izak, was ’n smous wat met sy donkiekar vrugte en lekkergoed verkoop het. Daar was nie geld vir verdere studies nie, daarom het hy na st. 8 (Gr. 10) vir ’n wyle gaan werk om vir sy eie studies te…

ART ADVENTURES WITH WATERCOLOUR

If you as a budding artist, like me, have often felt the pull of the ocean, stopped to smell the flowers on the side of a less-travelled road, noticed the beautiful sights of a glorious landscape – and couldn’t help but feel that you’d…

TEXTILE ART

Ricky Timms, a well-known textile artist and quilter says: “Art is a language and language is what we use to express everything. Art is an avenue whereby our voices can be heard and our opinions expressed.” What is textile art? Textile…

“DIS ’N TEKEN”…

Een van my gunstelingskrywers, Patricia Cornwell, bring blykbaar binnekort weer ’n nuwe boek uit. Met dit in gedagte, besluit ek om sommer weer haar hele reeks van voor af te lees. Eers val daar ’n foto van my nagraadse gradeplegtigheid…

UPLIFTED BY ART

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At the beginning of 2022 it is apt to celebrate the amazing, uplifting things ordinary South Africans are doing to ameliorate the dysfunctional (non) running of our towns. They’re getting out there and physically doing something about taking…

HEROLD’S BAY AND ITS LABYRINTH

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One of the most peaceful places along the Garden Route is to be found in Herold’s Bay where a beautiful garden filled with birdsong, flowers, milkwood trees and the aromatic scent of coastal fynbos boasts a new labyrinth. Labyrinths have been…

MAY A MUSE GUIDE YOU

I recently signed a poetry book for a young aspiring poet and wrote “follow your muse” as inspiration to him. Afterwards I wondered if people know where the “muses” originated? Most people are familiar with the Greek god Zeus, but as…

ANTON SMIT SCULPTURES IN GREAT BRAK RIVER

8 December 2021 was a memorable day for art lovers in the Garden Route. After months of planning as part of a tourism initiative for Great Brak River, eight works by world-renowned sculptor, Anton Smit, were erected in this picturesque town…

GIVE THE GIFT OF FESTIVE SPARKLE!

The best way to be creative during the festive season and give something handmade to your loved-ones? Your own hand-crafted jewellery and decorations! You need: Earring hooks, studs Earring pins Small metal jump-rings Glue gun …

’N VEERTJIE IN JOU HOED

Vroeër jare het ons foutiewelik na hedendaagse Inheemse Amerikaners as “Rooi Indiane” verwys. Dit was natuurlik Christopher Columbus se skuld, want toe hy die Amerikaanse kontinent in 1492 bereik, het hy gedink dit is Indië, vandaar die…

LIGHT PAINTING USING THE NIGHT AS A CANVAS

Visual artist Hannu Huhtamo has been creating art with the dark night as his “canvas” and light as his “brush”. Using a technique known as light painting, the Finnish artist makes his works with a photographic technique based on long…

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR CYCLING

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Freddie Mercury of the band Queen once sang: “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like …” These aren’t the cleverest of Queen’s lyrics but the words really are apt…