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It is invigorating to work and share with a couple this energetic and spirited.Their positive outlook bonds well with our creative spirit and their generous feedback and compliments drive us forth in this awesome country of ours!
This type of ceramic tile project belies it simplicity, to research the theme and fit it to the personalities took weeks of research, more to produce and reproduce, and even more to hand paint and repaint! Soon we will open certain web pages by invitation only, these pages will show the time line and all that goes right and wrong during the run up to the deadline. These pages will give the clients some insight into the complexities and curve ball thrown at us during the design and production of ceramic clayart like these.
The panel above showcase Christa’s beloved Hantam with the Calvinia mountains in the background. The images portray many of her nostalgic memories, her grandparents that were “karrietjies mense”, that is the sheep shearers that travel from farm to farm, the adults dancing, the clothing of a bygone year, the games the kids used to play, etc….
Blue Le Creuset pots were used to accentuate the blues in the panels, and the Le Creuset kettle invites friends to linger longer. The Smeg stoves and Braai’s stainless steel surfaces compliment the blues and adds just enough of a contemporary look. The bulky blue Smeg fridges adds drama with its larger surfaces of blue as well as something quirky. The blues mirror the large expances of sky outside and this all add to the positive mood around this environment!
This is where Trevor grew up, Steynsburg, with “Teebus and Koffiebus”in the background.
The dates they left were incorporated on the number plates of the carts and painted on tiles used at a fireplace.
Bright red were used to extemporize some tiles used randomly around the kitchen.
The website will be updated in the nearfuture with the full portfoilio of the kitchen seen before and afterwards, fresh, new and revived!
Call us now to revive your kitchen or patio!
elza on 20 Feb 2009 at 3:04 pm #
‘We are sure you all had to dig deep and work very hard to come up with these two very unusual and interesting panels. The owners compliments were certainly not out of place. You once again produced work of the highest quality. The way of life then, the peace and quite and the balance between the beautiful nature and the peoples daily lives are so well portrayed. With two panels like this to “walk into” everytime you look at them one would surely be able to experience and feel that same peace and quietness in the midst of our own hectic present day lifes.
Gerrit Oosthuizen on 07 Mar 2009 at 1:51 pm #
This contract did give all of us some extra grey hairs, but as you know us, we always persevere till we can deliver the object that will not only please the client but us as well!
We plan to visit the Richtersveld soon and will be documenting the Namas and their culture of dance and storytelling, hoping that this might be the stimulus to capture a time in history that will soon be lost to all! Ceramics are the agent that best survived the times, and as such give us modern societies a look at times long lost.
elza on 12 Mar 2009 at 9:43 am #
A brilliant idea, Gerrit. The Richtersveld with all it has to offer portrayed in your work. This will be a winner. A wonderful way to make people aware of the Namas and their culture, that somehow, like ceramics survived the times. I’m sure you will be coming back bursting with enthousiasm and new ideas.
Tammy on 10 Sep 2009 at 2:46 pm #
Hi
I wanted to know if this is possible
I want 6 ceramic tiles with the words LIEFDE written or engraved on the tile, I want it to look almost old and cracked
Can you do this?
Thank you
Tammy
Gerrit Oosthuizen on 13 Sep 2009 at 2:05 pm #
Yes, it is possible.
Let me know if you require 6 tiles with a letter per tile or do you want six tiles each with the word LIEFDE engraved on it?
Provide me with a deadline and approximate size you want the tile made and I shall process the quote for you.
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