BALERA at Fuorisalone 11 - 14 April, Zona Tortona, Milan.

BALERA is a range of handmade and hand printed bags, t-shirts and other accessories made in Milan. It is collaboration between Edith Poirier (Canada) and Edna Gee (South Africa), both artists, that combines the various influences and interests also found in their art.

Here it is a range of bags, tea towels, place mats I've made with my friend Edith Poirier. We will be at the [re]Vive, Impossible living space from the 11-14 April as part of Milan's annual design week, Fuorisalone. In Alzaia Naviglio Pavese 16.

La Tesi / The Thesis - Final Presentation.

The day has finally arrived for the final presentation. And with this I would just like to thank the people who  played an important part in this:

I would to thank my advisor Bert Theis for his guidance and inspiration. Then I would like to thank all the people who granted me interviews. Thank you to Ra Hlasane and Malose Malahlela from Keleketla!, Ravi Govender, Jacki McInnes, Louise van Zijl at Assemblage Studio, Francios Venter from Goethe and Hayleigh Evans and Bheki Dube from Maboneng Precinct. Thank you also to Joseph Gaylard,Alice Nevin and Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon for sharing your research with me. I would like to thank my dear friends Edith, Leah, Jessica, Wei-Ning and Sibi, for the humour, the support and just being my family here, without you I wouldn't have made it through with all my sanity in tact. Lastly but most importantly my parents for both the financial and emotional support for the two years studying in Italy.

Stuff lately!

Instagram obsessed!Some studio pics and a porcelain dog found on midnight excursions.

A pledge for Isola: Fight Specific publication

So one of the projects I've been following here in Milan and that has inspired my own research is the projects of Isola Art centre. They have tracking and resisting and fighting the neighbourhoods gentrification which has drastically changed the characteristic of Isola from an old industrial and mixed area to a skyscraper wasteland where any guy with a power trip seems to want a skyscraper erected.  So, Isola is publishing a book, called "Fight - specific Isola.

Art, Architecture, Activism and the Future of the City."  In order to get the book distributed and available at a low cost, they are making use of crowd funding to support the project. Make a pledge and if it reaches its goal of $5,500 dollars, transaction is approved. In return for your pledge, you will receive something back. The quilts from my Isola: Progress and development picnic; are also up for grab.These quilts are hand made and reflects the building skyline of Isola. So go to Kickstarter and make pledge..

My work for Isola Art Centre on Kickstarter.

In order to raise funds for their new  publication Isola Art Centre  has launched a Kickstarter. My work Progress and Development is one of the works that you can receive for making a pledge.