I was asked whether I wanted to contribute something to the Cape Town International Animation Festival 2019. I just used materials that I already had in my workshop and turned it into a little guessing game.
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Concrete Present
The medium (cement) as well as the overall discipline of sculpture are both represent solidity and permanence and as such they give a sense of being unaffected by time. The subject is a bow made of ribbon which is delicate and flowing and thus associated with softness and movement. Movement in turn implies change and …
(Non)Judgement
Our human vocabulary is full of terms that appropriate the animal nature of cats and dogs and use them to describe ourselves: dogged determination, in the dog box, catty, throw me a bone, tail between the legs, claws out, etc. We project our humanness onto the animals while seeing ourselves reflected in them. Viewing them …
Blood Brothers
This piece follows similar contemplation paths as the piece ‘Why are your Hands White?’. The moment in which pain is felt by both the subject as well as the onlooker all barriers dissolve between ‘myself’ and ‘the other’. This moment reveals a universal truth that is always there but mostly forgotten: We are all inextricably linked …
Cerebos ‘Snow’ Commercial
Client: CerebosIn collaboration with Tulips & Chimneys I was Art Director on this cute little Commercial. My team and I built all the interior and exterior environments in miniature with a few stop motion elements. Named World Best Ad of the Day by ADWeek and was awarded an Orchid from The Citizen’s Brendon Seery in 2017It won …
Govan Mbeki
Sculpture commissioned by the National Heritage Monument (NHM) of Govan Mbeki, South African human rights activist, intellectual and historian.He is part of a large procession of approx. 100 sculptures called ‘The Long March to Freedom'(Century City/Cape Town) celebrating the unsung heroes of the past 300 years who fought for a free South Africa for all. Lifesize …
Bertha Mkhize
Sculpture commissioned by the National Heritage Monument(NHM) of Bertha Mkhize; seamstress and South African human rights activist.She is part of a large procession of approx. 100 sculptures called ‘The Long March to Freedom'(Century City/Cape Town) celebrating the unsung heroes of the past 300 years who fought for a free South Africa for all. Lifesize bronze 2017 …
Mandela
This bronze Mandela statue was commissioned by the City of Johannesburg as a gift to its sister city Ramallah(Palestine). I was part of the sculpting team lead by Tania Lee that took the process from 60cm Marquette to 2m upscale, to final 6m plaster sculpt. Unveiled in Ramallah on 26 April 2016. All pictures taken …
Two Bathers
Likeness sculptures of siblings.Private commission that is now available as a limited edition. Please contact me for purchase enquiries. Only a few editions left!50 cm high, bronze 2014
Lion Tamer
28cm high- limited edition bronze. 2014.
Theatre Play ‘Pruttel’
Half-mask design and manufacture for theatre play ‘Pruttel’ that was performed at the KKNK in 2013. Tannie van der Wat’s hair had a secret compartment that housed her teacup. Mr. D’s mask had a rubber skin that could be peeled off to reveal the skull. I received a Fiesta Nomination for theatre design(teater ontwerp) in …
Ray Alexander
Sculpture commissioned by the National Heritage Monument(NHM) of Ray Alexander, South African human rights activist.She is part of a large procession of approx. 100 sculptures called ‘The Long March to Freedom'(Century City/Cape Town) celebrating the unsung heroes of the past 300 years who fought for a free South Africa for all. Lifesize bronze 2013 Visit the …