By Aurore de Tapol
Last night I was at the Ubuhle Beads Exhibition in Highgate, sponsored by SAAM Mountain.
Ubuhle means “beautiful” in Zulu and this charity was established in 2000 with the objective to create an African Design Village at Little Farm in Kwazulu-Natal.
It all started when Ntombephi Ntombela was doing beadwork which was being sold on the Durban beach front. Soon, Ntombephi and her friend Bev …
I know you’ve been waiting all week for this…and here it is [insert AAF theme tune here]. Art Attaaaaaaack Friday! Unless you been buried at the bottom of a ruck for a few weeks then you’ll probably have noticed there’s a rugby tournament on. Gareth’s last act before heading off to Cardiff to cheer on Wales was to implore Random Bottlings to feature this canvas today.
We can’t quite …
This week our celebrity art-attacker, Matt Kelly, has selected the canvas below because it reflects how he feels this grey Friday morning. Your guess is as good as mine…
What do you think of the canvas below?
All of our Friday canvases are taken from our Handmade Annual Tasting and reflect the hard work and creativity of our customers and staff. We salute you!
The Bibendum Annual Tasting uncovered more than its fair share of talent…and not just in the winemaking department. Visitors received blank canvases in the post as part of the invitation and then went crazy with crayons.
We thought we might get a few scribbles and a bit of sticky tape, but nothing prepared us for the quality, intricacy and sheer artiness of what was brought in on the day.
We’d …
