Dear SA Blog Awards...

This is a letter I've just written to the SA Blog Awards. You can see the Categories list here.

I'm writing to inform you that your categories are terrible.
I can't fit my blog into any of these "boxes" 

There is no section for Design or illustration or the arts or Craft or DIY or Interior Design, the list goes on.
You're going to have a very large group of people under the "Entertainment / Lifestyle" category, which, in my opinion is going to make it very unfair to the people who are in fact just trying to fit their blog in somewhere.

I'm not sure if you did any research into what kind of blogs are happening in South Africa, in fact, I'm sure you didn't.

If anything, the second option box should at least be a sub category of what you've put in the first option. 

Example: 
Option 1 
- Entertainment / Lifestyle
Option 2 
- DIY
- Interior Design
- Illustration / Design
- Journalism / Writing
etc.

Please take a look at my blog and tell me where it fits in.
http://lostisaplacetoo.blogspot.com/

Cape Town is Best

Hurrah!
Cape Town won the title of being the 2014 World Design Capital!
You can watch the Cape Town on top of the world video here.
I have a little cameo in there myself near the end.

Yay for Cape Town, great things are coming our way.

New X Stitch Hoops

There's this song by The Kills called Alphabet Pony and I get the song stuck in my head. A lot.
So, I made this x stitch hoop to try and get the song out my head...you know, like sometimes people say you have to sing the whole song through, well, I had to x stitch the song out.

I like it. I'll make you one if you want,
they're R350 each and measure at 4"
Perfect for you, as well as a child's bedroom.

Xmas Post #1

I don't know what to get everyone for Christmas.
LIES!


Tip. Start doing your Christmas shopping now you noob.
First of all, 3 rules to keep you feeling warm and fluffy: buy vintage, buy handmade, buy local
You can get all three of these things on the Beatnik Bazaar new shop online webpage thing!

Danielle Clough

Danielle Clough is not just a photographer. She's a life capturer. 
Drawing inspiration from her friends, artists and everyday life, she finds new ways of capturing these mini moments between what's happening and what is about to happen.

Such beauty.
Dee shoots on film as well as digital.

Check out her tumblr here.

Brainwarmth

My friends Alex and Mike are a little bit "geniusy"
They've released this album under the name "Brainwarmth" just saying this makes me feel like someone has removed the top of my skull and placed one of those infrared lights on it. Not in a painful way, more of like a numb kind of squishy feeling. That's also how their music makes me feel.

"Floaty Girl" has got to be one of my favourite tracks on the album.
"Leave me alone, I'm being invisible" is just beautiful proving that boys can make pretty music too. Piano and rain music. Love
"Drawing on your jeans" is a spooky piece of organ music with rap. Radness.
"Lies" is a kind of electro meditation.

Mike: What's you favourite combination of colours?
Alex: Black on Black
Mike: Black on Black
Alex: Black on Black

Brain Warmth is the experimental side project of Mike Zietsman (P.H.Fat) and Alex van Rensburg (3CPU, Mosth'enth, Boomslang, ScarCream). The best phrase one could use to describe their music is "organic, lazy, selfish, electronic rap music". The second best phrase one could use to describe their music is "a series of very bad inside jokes".

Their debut album "look at my gun" is a collection of their experimental rap works that was mostly constructed using crap old samplers and by running shit through old reel to reel tape machines. They had a lot of fun making it and they figured that because they made it, they might as well give it to people to listen to.

Being on time, having a job, making a mark - Brain Warmth is for people who don't care too much about those things. In a world full of musicians trying their best to cut through the clutter by outshining each other, Brain Warmth is like a pair of sun glasses that a listener can use or dispose of at their own whim.


You can download it here FOR FREE!

Drowning & Flying at Muti Gallery

I'm showing my work in the Muti gallery window until the
7th of November.
There are two pieces, "Flying" and "Drowning"
they are both R7,000 each

They are both handrawn originals on Fabriano paper.
Find out more on the website.

I've included some process pics too.

TRUCK //

I've been searching for a bed frame for a long time, couldn't find anything I liked and Gene offered to build one for us. This got me all excited trolling through many, many Pinterest pages. I finally came across Truck, a Japanese furniture company. Not only do they have beautiful bed bases, they make a whole bunch of other stuff! Desks, couches, wall units, chairs etc. The pieces are all mid century style and made with only the finest of quality materials.

I've fallen in love with this company. I've basically pinned their whole website to my Pinterest board. Also they put cats in their pics and that's just awesome.
Visit them here