Hannalie works with the captured image. Altered, reimagined and reinterpreted. Using mainly vintage photographs sourced from flea markets and even from her own family archives. These are used as is, or blown up to a larger scale. Altered with tire inner tube inlays and hand-embroidered detailing drawn with thread. Hannalie’s work is populated by people, masks and sometimes floral arrangements. What is shown and what is hidden become interdependent elements of visual storytelling, thus “a new fantasy emerges in a world clinging to the need to believe in the magic of innocent aspiration.”
https://hannalietaute.com/
Recently my friend
Will Rifkin (Emeritus Professor at
the University of Newcastle, Australia,) offered to make me a pair of shoes (his side hustle), using off-cuts from our manufacturing process. The result is stunning,
and everyone who sees them wants a pair. What delights me is the appreciation
people have for handmade, one-off items, made with care, and purpose using up
scraps of material. As a BCorp company we would love to see more of this and
are happy to give artists and designers our leather off cuts, before we send
them to Upparel.com.au for recycling. Gillian Corban. corbanblair.com.au
“When I look at my works collectively, I see and feel home.”
Maricelle Olivier is a South African artist exploring her personal
history and creating her own space of belonging through the medium of ceramics.
The making and laying down of coils on one another, joining and smoothing
sections before repeating - relates to the patterns that adorn the surfaces on
her work. Unpacking her cultural identity and heritage, the vessels transform
into embodiments to hold and reflect emotions. strong connection to her
culture, language and country remains through her contemporary ceramic works.
https://maricelleolivier.com/
