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2007
A challenge on the SAMinis group
to make
a Christmas Card Vignette
led to this idea...
Our newspapers are full of advertising
like this...
In the Cape wind, they are blown from open mailboxes into the air,
to descend who
knows where...
Do ALL little children believe in Santa?
What would a little African boy's reaction be to finding one?
And if so, how would a child who can't read or write
hope to get his Xmas list
to Santa? Note: This is not a political comment but perhaps a naive and
rather wishful look at the innocence of childhood...
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The casing is triangular.
The original design for the Card Vignette
had only two sides but I added a third
and blocked off the back corner to give room for a window
The corrugated iron is from
a cardboard box with the outer skins removed
The covering for the outside was
designed in a CAD program
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The battery to light the candle is between the ceiling and the top lid -
there is plenty of space to run the wiring down the back and under the table
A pilchard can and a twig
make a good substitute
for a Xmas tree
Not milk and cookies but
a mug of tea and a banana! |
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The Fimo sculpt of the little
African boy before painting with
Genesis heat-set paints
Dressed in his little shirt & beanie
and clutching the string attached to
his trap for Santa
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