R100.00
Beautiful South Africa
Colouring books for adults are one of the world’s top leisure (and book-publishing) trends. Quivertree’s unique, all-South African colouring book is beautifully drawn by up-and-coming young SA illustrator Mieke van der Merwe, and enables its interactive users to feed their imaginations with quality creative time. With intricate illustrations ranging from proteas and fynbos to the Joburg skyline, the Big Five and the Bo-Kaap, this book will help you take a fresh and inspiring new look at the beauty of our diverse – and unique – country.
SIZE 235 x 270mm SOFT COVER, EXTENT 44 pgs. • ISBN 978-1-928209-56-0
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mieke van der Merwe recently completed a master’s degree in children’s book illustration at the University of Stellenbosch, where she is now a part-time lecturer. This talented illustrator says she ‘loves to draw beautiful buildings and places from my travels’ and reveals that she is ‘inspired by vintage magazines, the weird and wonderful things of life – and interesting people’.
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While photographing the book, Shack Chic, which focussed on the lifestyle and inspiration found in the shack-lands of Cape Town, the most frequent reply to my question, ‘Where is your home?’ was ‘Transkei’, I felt the need to explore ‘home’, to understand this attachment that the urban shack dwellers feel for their rural roots. – Craig FraserHere life is lived in tune with nature and in cognisance of community. It is here in every inch of a traditional rural dwelling that we find the ideological and decorative footprint of Xhosa culture. SIZE 280 X 280 MM • PAGES 192 • HARD COVER • ISBN 978-0-620-35392-9
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