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Bokkoms at Velddrif (and Marie's blog first anniversary)
The schools of fish near Velddrif have attracted people for ages! Some fish traps and shell middens dating back hundreds of years, having belonged to Khoi-Khoin (early indigenous inhabitants) are protected historical beacons. The quaint little lane next to the Berg River which is aptly named "Bokkom Lane" is considered an informal national monument. Here, in a never-changing cycle, schools of harders are offloaded from rickety boats onto rickety jetties. First, the fish lands into deep salt troughs, then, still wet and glistening they are bunched and hung out to dry. The moment they are salted and stringed onto rafters they are no longer referred to
Ben Allen Crunchburger Print
This week Red Propeller have the above print, 'LADY LUCK' for you by Ben Allen on sale now - it's 30cm x 37cm and on sale for a limited time only - edition size will be determined by number sold in that time and costs £25.00 (+vat). To buy this weeks Crunchburger Print go to http://www.redpropeller.co.uk/
Art Events Thursday 1st April Onwards
I Love Zeus' Diana Camera Custom! The Diana World Tour includes: The Detriech Collection – a collection of 100 original Diana Clone Cameras, The Diana Urban Vignettes Exhibition – the coolest collection of Diana images that you are ever likely to witness and The Customised Clones Exhibition a collection of around 25 Diana+ cameras; customised by some of the most interesting artists, illustrators, creative types and good-time Lomography friends that the UK has to offer. Each clone is a complete one-off and will be exhibited in store for the whole month of April.You are invited to the opening party at the Lomography Gallery Store London on Friday April
Cat Johnston Show
One of the highlight shows of this year so far has to be Cat Johnston's debut solo show at the Concrete Hermit, East London. I loved how she took the figure/toy theme, made all the embroidery and uniforms for the various animal-figures and then created very simple but effective dioramas to go with them! It really gave the 'soldiers' alot more depth in their character, when you are able to see them fighting with psychedelic, neo-geo planes and tanks in the background, duking it out with each other....I definitely want to own/see more of Cat's diorama work. I think I'm in Love!Originally from Somerset and now residing in London, Cat has produced commiss
Appetite For Seduction Print By i-Lib
Illustrator/Artist, i-Lib has a new print out entitled, "Appetite For Seduction" Hand printed by the artist on old paper, hand finished and signed, addition of only 50148 x 210mm (A5) £35 + p&p please email if interested: i-lib@artlover.com
Weapon Of Choice Issue 3 Out Now
Britol's W.O.C. Online magazine has just released its Third Issue. Check it out HERE for all things graff/streetart/fashion/style/creative related....VIA HYB
Zero Friends
I recently ordered 2 prints by Alex Pardee.These prints are truly amazing, the colors are so strong, the digital images really cant convey Alex's amazing skill.The prints go for very reasonable prices, each is limited and hand signed.Printed with archival inks on acid free velvet cotton rag.Prints, books and merch available at Zero Friends.As well as, I am sure you know, eyesuckink.
Skinner Update
Skinner has a lurker toy debuting this weekend at wondercon in San francisco.It was sculpted by the sculptor who did the Ninja Turtles and the brothers washburn from color ink book are putting it out.Here is the rough/prototypeSkinner's upcoming shows OK Mountain - May 1stBold Hype in new York - June 3rdMuseum of contemporary art in Rome - July Solo show at White Walls - AugustJapan - NovemberBe sure to check out his shows if you're in the area.More from Skinner at http://www.theartofskinner.com/
Dreamscape Paintings By Zhou Fan
Contemporary Chinese artist Zhou Fan's fantastical paintings make me jealous that my dreams don't look like this! Does it remind anybody else of Spirited Away?A series of my paintings is based on dreams that I had as a child of many many jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachutes and became mushrooms. These dreams had a strong impact on me, and I remember them vividly. Somehow I feel that it is easier to focus on dreams than reality. In one particular painting, there is a boy crying because he keeps things within him, is easily sad, and he refuses to face reality.Zhou Fan is a rising star and is attracting some good
DIY Pictures Of Earth From Space
A digital camera, a GPS device, some duct tape and a balloon were all that was needed to take some breathtaking pictures of Earth.Robert Harrison, 38, used a collection of cheap parts costing £500 to create a balloon-mounted camera that can travel up to 21.7 miles (35km) above the surface of the Earth. The result is a series of pictures taken from a height that only a rocket or weather balloon can reach.The contraption comprises an ordinary Canon camera mounted on a weather balloon. Using free software downloaded from the internet, Mr Harrison reprogrammed the camera to wake up every five minutes and take eight photographs and a video before switching
'The Scream' In Cardboard
Mark Langan from Ohio, USA spent over 90 hours to create his finely detailed, 3-dimensional take on the 1910 version of Edvard Munch’s familiar painting.He used a craft knife to cut up 30 square feet of cardboard taken from five boxes and layered them to create a three-dimensional image. Remaining scraps of corrugated cardboard were put through a heavy duty paper shredder and mixed with glue to create a pulp. Mark smeared this onto the cardboard and used his fingers to add detail to the picture, which measures 2.25 inches deep and sold for £1,600.He creates work primarily from cardboard after a medical condition in his wrist made it difficult to hold
Internet shit I'm diggin'
So it's been a while since I last posted anything on ESP, but that's only because I've been radding out all day and definately not because I've been teaching numbskull kids how to design absolute ass on photoshop whilst wanting to cut open my eyeballs with a bread knife......no really, I honestly have been radding out. Anyway, during the rest times between awsoming out, I have been looking at cool shit on the net and here are a few of my finds in no real order:1. The alien abduction lamp:I was a little hesitant to post this as I want one and I would rather no one else in the world had one, but then I thought well 'who cares' and 'I'm not going to buy
Floral Bliss - Tree Blossom Series
Size: 60cm W x 42cm H x 4.2cm D Completed: 24th March 2010 8th of Tree Blossom Series
David Bray Update
David Bray is killing it right now! His art is popping up everywhere, from Juxtapoz magazine, to Them-Thangs photo blog, to the exterior walls of the Truman Brewery!
