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Spreading hope with every stitch ... and paint .... this exciting project is a collaboration between myself and the Amandawe Support Group, an AIDS orphans support group, in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa - they make the fabric landscapes and I incorporate it in to my art.
The series is called "The Vukuzakhe Project" ... it means 'standing up and doing it for yourself' in Zulu. Each of the 7 pieces is on a 36x24 inch wooden panel. I attached plexiglass dowels to support the fabric landscape above the painting to protect the fabric piece, keep it as an individual piece of art and so it 'floats' over the scene. Each completed piece bears my signature and the designer of the fabric landscape.
It is a true collaboration and inspiring to both artists! When sold, a percentage of the profits will go to be divided between the creator of the fabric landscape and the group.
The video below explains the process I used and images of the remining 4 paintings are below the video
All images strictly © Anne Jenkins. All Rights Reserved.
The series is called "The Vukuzakhe Project" ... it means 'standing up and doing it for yourself' in Zulu. Each of the 7 pieces is on a 36x24 inch wooden panel. I attached plexiglass dowels to support the fabric landscape above the painting to protect the fabric piece, keep it as an individual piece of art and so it 'floats' over the scene. Each completed piece bears my signature and the designer of the fabric landscape.
It is a true collaboration and inspiring to both artists! When sold, a percentage of the profits will go to be divided between the creator of the fabric landscape and the group.
The video below explains the process I used and images of the remining 4 paintings are below the video
All images strictly © Anne Jenkins. All Rights Reserved.
The following YouTube video is courtesy of WHYY.org First program - a big THANK YOU to producer Brian Drouin and crew for doing this. It aired on Friday, March 21 on the First show
Thanks to Delaware's NPR station, WDDE, for this segment and video on the project
Great write up in Durban, KwaZulu Natal's Sunday Tribune on 28 July 2013, our thanks to journalist Sally Scott