In one of her first "Sunday in the Art Room" posts, Nicole wrote about some pieces of art she has that are from African countries . So today I want to show you a few pieces of art that my daughter brought back from South Africa and Malawi, a country in southeastern Africa.
The mugs on top are from South Africa. Through UC Davis, Kaefer did an internship in Cape Town in 2018. There she found the two mugs on the left - the elephant one is hers, the girafe one is mine. Both are broken, unfortunately, and when she moved to Germany she left the elephant mug for me. Both mugs now house my watercolor brushes and charcoal and graphite pencils. The mug on the right she bought for me in 2024 when she returned to Cape Town for an epidemiology conference. This one I use for my morning coffee - I am very careful with it because I don't want it to break as well.
The fabric elephant is also from South Africa. I have always loved the joyful colors of fabrics from African countries - the colors are actually a bit more brilliant in real life than in the photo. It usually sits right next to the mugs on my lazy Susan so that it doesn't feel lonely...
Art can be practical as you can see here:
Akshar is a heavy duty cement manufactured by Shayona Cement, Malawi's largest local cement manufacturer. Cement is filled into very strong sacks and bags, and from these shopping bags are made with a strip of beautifully patterned fabric on top. I use this bag for my weekly shopping trips to Trader Joe's and as a you would expect from a cement bag, it can carry a lot. Recycling at its best!
But Kaefer also brought some paintings from Malawi where she goes every year for work for a couple weeks. This is one she gifted to us and I like it so much. She has three more in her home in Germany, one from the same artist as the one above. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find any information about the artist. Here are Kaefer's paintings, decorating her living room and kitchen.
All of these beautiful or practical pieces are for SITAR.
3 comments:
You can send those mugs to me. LOL They are beautiful as is the rest of the art. I do enjoy African art. Thank you so much for sharing these with SITAR. Have a lovely day today.
Oh, I just love all of this art! ALL OF IT! I need to learn how to do the "dotting technique" of painting for a piece I want to do. I'm not sure what kind of tool to use for it, so I'm trying to find that out.
Beautiful art from South Africa
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