33 Different artists work is on permanent display in The Art Shop
as a collage.

 

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"New things are happening in the shop every day," says bubbly owner Sanet Cornelius, who recently traded Hoedspruit for Hermanus. Sanet is very much at home in her current environment as she owned an art and craft shop in Hoedspruit. Plans for the Art Shop are well in progress and includes separating the art and craft stock, resulting in more space for some great new lines on the fine art side. The new craft stock includes lots of stunning hand-made papers, an exciting range of craft and paint products as well as a huge selection of beads and glass and ceramic mosaics, in fact a veritable Alladin’s Cave for the crafter.
Peter Earl offers drawing classes and contact Sanet for further information
on 028 312-3901.
 

NEW CUSTOMER LOYALTY CARD

We have re-introduced the customer loyalty card, which you all should be familiar with now. The new cards are available at The Art Shop and at the Art Society. Please bring your old card into the shop and redeem the available balance and exchange it for a new card.

BRUSH UP ON BRUSHES

Brushes similar to those we use today were invented by the Chinese and used to write their ideograms. Though formed from a simple bunch of animal hair bound with twine into a bamboo handle they were often beautifully decorated and performed well with the carbon ink. One has to make a leap to 1730 when metal ferrules became available that allowed the art of brush making became a recognised trade. Until then artists had made their own brushes as well as grinding their paint colours.

The Raphael brushes stocked by The Art Shop have been fashioned in Paris by highly skilled ‘pinceliéres’ or brushmakers. The process consists of assembling the hair tuft, the ferrule and the handle with each brush passing through 30 pairs of hands before it is deemed ready for sale. 

The most important aspect of a brush is the type and length of hair or fibre that is used to create the working tip of the brush. Tip shapes can vary in length and width as can the softness of the fibre depending on type of style of painting it is intended for. For example a fine haired, long tipped sable brush (rigger) would not be suitable for applying a stiffer oil or acrylic but is ideal for applying fine, delicate lines in water colour. It should be noted that the tuft of a fine brush is never cut and is carefully shaped by hand. Only the root of the fibre tuft is cut to allow the ferule to be fitted.

  

A regular visitor the The Art Shop, Linda Kotzenberg and her neighbour decided to transform her dustbin into a work of art.