Tuesday 28 October 2014

Lights, camera, action

Along the Jukskei River you will find a quaint cottage nestled between trees. A man and his dog lives there.

Ryan Findlay from o.t.b design calls himself an assemblage artist. The Wikipedia definition is the making of three dimensional artistic compositions by putting together found objects.

He finds poetry in the fact that some unwanted item get a second life.

His mobiles play with the idea of balance, movement, shadows and repetition. 
"Shape in repetition from pattern and pattern by definition is decorative."


His background in modelling and landscaping gives him a unique perspective when making his lights.


He understands the effect of light.  How light makes you feel but always with a sense of humour.

Enjoy.









Saturday 27 September 2014

How to plant a pot


Hallo

You want your plants to be happy, right?

So they need drainage.  Please make sure your pot has holes in the bottom.

Then you start with gravel at the bottom. 
Some riversand on top of that.
Then you put a material that only allows water to go through.
This step prevents the pottingsoil from falling out the bottom and also keeps the water that comes out the bottom cleaner.
Now you put bark based pottingsoil in.  This is good for drainage also.
Never plant in compost or clay soil from the garden.
The material at the top prevents the decorative stones from disappearing in the soil.

Happy plants