The first Food Wine Design Fair is happening this weekend on the rooftop of the Hyde Park Shopping Centre in Johannesburg. Friday 26, Saturday 27 November 12 noon - 9 pmSunday 28 November 10 am - 4 pm Entry fee R70
This promises to be an incredibly exciting event with top creatives from all over South Africa selling their wares.If you are in Johannesburg, please visit my stand B16 where I will be showcasing my new range -
'SJOE! Maar dis mooi...'(WOW! But that's beautiful...)
This morning I read a most inspiring article in The Cape Times by Glenn Ashton on what he calls Economic Degrowth - It is a very comprehensive article and well worth reading.
An excerpt ...
'Degrowth examines the flipside of an economy founded on growth. It emphasises putting a human face in how we transact and perhaps more importantly, interact. After its initial conceptualisation by Romanian economist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, it has been elegantly expounded upon by many other articulate thinkers like Serge Latouche. Its roots lie in the Club of Rome report “The Limits of Growth” and can be traced back to other philosophers like Thoureau and Ghandi, who emphasised concepts like simplicity, justice and equality.'
And then I came into my studio this morning and to my delight noticed how yesterday's tulips in my tulipiere have moved gracefully into another uplifting position. It seemed appropriate to link this image and phenomenon to the above article, an affirmation of the wonder of ' a simple life'.
For ages I have been wanting to make a tulip vase, inspired by those wonderful 17th Century Delft tulipieres. So now I have finally got it together, working in collaboration with my assistant Sandile Cele. I am going to be participating in the Food Wine Design Fair in Johannesburg next week, so this will be travelling along with me for the event.
More on this next week...
My peer, Hennie Meyer, will whom I will be exhibiting at The UCT Irma Stern Museum in December is showing at Cecilia Colman Gallery in London opening tomorrow, Degas Art Space in Shanghai from 11th December, Irma Stern Museum on 14th Dec and again, together with me at Ceramic Art London 2011 at the end of February 2011. Whew! Hectic schedule...
' DO NOT DISTURB ME, PLEASE' is the sign which hung at the entrance to the studio of Irma Stern, the famous South African painter. In December I will be exhibiting at the museum which bears her name and which was her home. For the occasion I am making a series of plates where I have used images of her works which hang in the house. The plan is to make a whole dinner table setting in the dining room to be titled something like 'Dinner with Irma Stern and friends'.
A part of my stand promoting my new SJOE! range with a wall of vases and flowers
Baa Baa Black Sheep , a delightful restaurant from Riebeek Kasteel who are making the tastiest food at the show with everyone queuing to sample it
Wow! what a pile of sausages from The Charcuterie - enough to drive away all vegetarians, but certainly a huge drawcard for all meat lovers.
