'Creative Cape Town' review of the Cavendish job

Nice
http://www.creativecapetown.net/local-creatives-give-cavendish-a-lift/

Some lovely old annual prints

These will be 'popping up' soon
Terrible, terrible pun

House and Leisure - May 2012

A special dinner party

I was involved with creating a number of interesting items for a dinner being held by Media24 and organised by Clarisse Coetzee.  The event was held at Babylonstoren in Franschhoek.  All the guests received a small gift which was either a paper flower rosette or a bow tie that I made from newspaper.  Additionally I also made 100 metres of bunting from newspaper and ribbon to string between the trees  - unfortunately the weather did play along so it went inside over the table which worked just as well.

The best element I thought where the old fashioned newspaper boy pop-up place cards - I used an old fashioned type writer font for the names. The rolled books also work incredibly well for holding the menus and table numbers.

Clarisse Coetzee was the organiser of this event and as per usual it all went brilliantly - thank you for involving me again Clarisse - it is always a pleasure to work with you on these creative evenings.  Clarisse's details for any event organising clarissecoetzee (at) gmail.com

Look at the magical shadows...

Free colour and line

Colour and Shape

Open or Closed? Which one are you?

The Fringe Arts in the V&A Waterfront

I popped in at The Fringe Arts in the Alfred Mall down in the Waterfront yesterday.  The shop is looking great and really is a breath of fresh air among all the Leopard print and Ostrich eggs.  Well done T&C and thank you for giving my book artworks such a wonderful spot.

Determination

This Fig Tree is growing out of a wall hanging over the water in the Docks
Now that is determination

New work - available at the Fringe Arts

I have continued working with two of my favourite things  - the first are the leaping buck sketch and the second, "Why on earth would you want to be like everyone else?"

I seem to be meditating on this phrase rather a lot lately and I keep wondering why we are we all obsessed with fitting a prescribed norm?  Or what we assume to be the 'norm' at least. So I write and make it over and over in different works.

The Leaping buck are lazer printed onto 100% recycled card and then I alter them as the mood takes me - sometimes I sew, sometimes I paint  - it all just depends on how I feel.

Jack of Diamonds

I picked up another card today on the street - a Jack of Diamonds - it's an old card that is not plastic coated and has a rather lovely papery feel to it.

PATIENCE
One of the greater things in life; one must learn to wait for what is coming to one. All things happen, given the right place and the right opportunity
(Source: ARCANA ARCANORUM)

Imagine if your dad had sent you this letter

An excerpt from a letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter at summer camp one year
Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters

Things to worry about:

Worry about courage
Worry about Cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship
Worry about. . .

Things not to worry about:

Don't worry about popular opinion
Don't worry about dolls
Don't worry about the past
Don't worry about the future
Don't worry about growing up
Don't worry about anybody getting ahead of you
Don't worry about triumph
Don't worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
Don't worry about mosquitoes
Don't worry about flies
Don't worry about insects in general
Don't worry about parents
Don't worry about boys
Don't worry about disappointments
Don't worry about pleasures
Don't worry about satisfactions

Things to think about: 

What am I really aiming at?
How good am I really in comparison to my contemporaries in regard to:

(a) Scholarship
(b) Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them?
(c) Am I trying to make my body a useful instrument or am I neglecting it?

Tuesday

Come on Tuesday
I know you've got it in you to go very right today
(and not bloody south)

Windmills for a wedding

Wedding Decor and bits commissioned by Thessa and Chantal from the The Fringe Arts

and the magical picture in the back is by Kirsten Beets - The Sunday picnic.

Wowser - Sunday Argus article - looking rather intense and yes, that is my lounge (HA)

Two of my favourites

Cape Town in a Box

The quest for me to take a good photo of this continues...
This photo was take by Megan Davies at Design Indaba - thank you Megan - I think it captures the form.