Battery Park decor 2020
In 2020,added to the Watershed action, the Waterfront decided to also decorate the Battery Park area near the skate park and basketball court.
V&A Watershed festive decor 2020
V&A Watershed festive decor 2020 For the second year in a row, we were very fortunately invited to take part in making the 2020 festive decor for the Watershed at the V&A Waterfront. This time, the Watershed decor was a huge collaborative effort with elements being provided by a number of local craft producers from …
Wall light art for SAFIM Auction and Afrikaburn Etopia 2020
Wall light art for SAFIM Auction and Afrikaburn Etopia 2020 During lockdown we made 2 editions of an all-white wall lamp – one for an auction to benefit SAFIM http://safim.co.za/ , and one for E-topia – a lockdown friendly virtual version of Streetopia https://obs.streetopia.co.za/. Watch the process video here: .
Wire work workshop in Obs 2020
While we were not allowed to convene in our workshop space in Langa during lockdown in October 2020, we started to get together in Observatory to stay in touch and do some skill exchange workshops.
Basket weaving workshop 2020
Basket weaving workshop 2020 Inspired by a lockdown project on Instagram – basket club – we started to explore a technique of basket making called tri-axial weaving. https://www.instagram.com/_basketclub_/?hl=en It was such a pleasure to get together again after such a long separation. We obtained some 100% recycled strapping from ExtruPET to experiment with. Watch out …
COVID quilting project 2020
COVID quilting project 2020 As COVID 19 decimated our sense of community, in order to maintain a sense of togetherness, and as a form of COVID relief, we made a Givengain campaign to raise funds to pay our members to hand stitch small pieces of fabric into the co-quilt. Alongside our crowdfunding campaign, we received …
Trash tunnel with Thingking 2020
Thingking is a great local design studio and manufacturer of amazing things. In March 2020 they asked us to be part of a large scale installation.
Stage for Afrikaburn Streetopia 2019
Stage for Afrikaburn Streetopia 2019 For the Afrikaburn annual street festival – Streetopia – we were asked to construct one of the music stages on Lower Main Road in Observatory. https://obs.streetopia.co.za/ For this project, for the first time one of our Langa members (Mpilo Headman) took over the project management of the whole thing. Part …