City Oaks covered in the foilage of cloth. Yes – in bright and brilliant, colorful gestures of silk, cotton, shweshwe, knotted yarn, felt, aluminnum foil, feathers, hot pink faux fur, rubbery strands and scraps. With models covered in similar gestures standing in front of the trees. A runway show, showcasing their garments. A dance, dancers…
Read MoreMakeka Design Lab + Stiaan Louw Unite! (behind-the-scenes snapshot!)
This is a glimpse of the marriage of Makeka Design Lab & Stiaan Louw (and of course Messy Monkey + Inge Prins) at Oak Couture: (ok – right now I’m not sure why wordpress Only likes this pic horizontal! working on it!)…
Read MoreOAK COUTURE through Claire’s eyes!
Claire Homewood not only helped Jeannette Unite (installation artist) design & “dress” the tree, & help Marize Malan (fashion designer) design & “dress” the model. She took some amazing photographs (& had some fun with them) through the process! Take a look through Claire’s eyes!
Read MoreAn Ode to my Husband, the Tree Climber:
Saul Wainwright, a student of philosophy, politics, & economics. Could we be more different? The truth is, we find more & more that there are these strange bridges between our work, & we won’t be surprised at all one day if they end up merging together on a regular basis. But, for now he is…
Read MoreCOLLABORATION:
So – why is it that I organized 30 people to pull off my OAK COUTURE project, instead of just doing it all myself, in my ‘true’ own vision? Well, honestly, there were logistics. My initial vision was millions of pieces of fabric tied to the ends of branches, truly replicating the idea of “foilage”. …
Read MorePress Release on OAK COUTURE
Messy Monkey Arts, a creative agency based jointly out of Cape Town and Oakland, California, is working on a fresh installation piece they are calling OAK COUTURE. They are gathering local creatives together, in the likes of Makeka Designs, architecture firm, and Jeannette Unite, installation artist, to “dress” 5 of the big oaks in the…
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