by Marion Ellis | Dec 10, 2024 | Art & Design Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
Unveiling a window into humankind’s pre-historic past. This is what the finds from an archaeological dig from Stone Age times have revealed. Blombos Cave, on the Southern Cape coast of South Africa, one of the world’s most significant archaeological...
by Marion Ellis | Aug 22, 2023 | Art & Design Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
‘STITCHED, A STORY OF OUR HOME’ The quintessentially African scene depicts a rich landscape of trees, lush vegetation and birds such as Grey Herons and Little Egrets that feature prominently in the Kei River Estuary in Hamburg, rendered in the inimitable embroidery...
by Marion Ellis | Nov 10, 2022 | Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
On November 11th, the symbol of the poppy signifies ”Remembering the Fallen” throughout the British Commonwealth countries and other Allied nations, though the analogies with Ukraine’s current scarred landscapes are inescapable, where the symbol of...
by Marion Ellis | Aug 26, 2022 | Green Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
“We’re trying to tell the story of Fynbos and the Cape Floristic Region, using Grootbos as an example” A florilegium is a collection of botanical artworks from a particular region. The Grootbos Florilegium joins the ranks of just 11 other living collections of...
by Marion Ellis | May 7, 2022 | Green Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
The month of May celebrates the advent of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. We want to celebrate a pioneering South African couple who revere story telling inspired by historical links – in both hemispheres. In the Cape Winelands, they first transformed...
by Marion Ellis | Apr 8, 2022 | Green Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
I came across this perspective that brought a smile to my face, as it hope it does to yours … There are many reasons why this protea is our national flower … Proteas have an amazing root system which allows them to survive in soil with very few...