365 postcards for ants book

This book reminds me of saving zasha because its a suspensful book. Fans of lootss beautiful paintings can write to the artist and book upcoming artworks or prints, or suggest cape townthemed ideas or places for her to paint. On january 20 cape town based artist lorraine loots took upon a 365 day challenge of creating one miniature painting, on a x piece of watercolor paper, every day for an entire year. Check out our resources for adapting to these times. On this site, you will find a full catalogue of the body of work i have been creating over the past 5 years. Early morning i wait for lorraine loots at arnolds in kloof street. We have stacks of posters and prints returned from shows all over the world and not suitable for selling online like posters signed new york, 2015 available at a huge. Each painting featured incredibly detailed tiny depictions of cars, flowers, and landscapes as small as a coin. Find a large selection of sizes and shapes for your postcard needs. I gave it five stars because it had a good ending and a lot of twists in the middle. The jacana literary foundation and the other foundation are thrilled to announce the judges of the gerald kraak award and anthology.

This book is something youll want on your coffee table with a magnifying. Postcards for ants is an ongoing painting project by cape town artist. In celebration of her citys designation as world design capital 2014, the series is c arrying out a new theme called postcards for ants. Cape townbased artist lorraine loots created the project 365 postcards for ants, painting a tiny picture every day for 365 days that she. Book lists, elementary, homeschool, kindergarten, nature, preschool, reading and writing this post may contain affiliate links. Cape town based artist lorraine loots has an ongoing painting project named 365 postcards for ants and she creates a miniature painting each and every day check out these coinsized paintings by miniaturist lorraine loots for her long running projects called paintings for ants and postcards for ants. Postcards for ants by lorraine loots day honest hot chocolate best hot chocolate in cape town. Weekendyay20 free shipping with zazzle black learn more. To be the first to hear about availabilities of original paintings, please sign up for my mailing. Im highly excited to interview the artist and designer whom i had followed throughout 20 with her inspiring miniature watercolour painting project 365 paintings for ants. The artist began her challenge in the beginning of 20 and, after enjoying the routine of her successful challenge, she decided to continue with the postcards for ants project in 2014.

It includes highquality reproductions of her entire 2014 collection. A 365day miniature painting project by lorraine loots. The project consist in painting tiny pictures, every day for for a year. Unfortunately, we cannot list any prints until weve sorted out the shipping issue, but theyll be back up for sale soon enough. The wittily named 365 paintings for ants was so successful that the artist decided to extend it for a second year as well. To book the original painting or a postcard version of it, buyers can view the calendar on this website to see if their date is still available and if so, proceed to book it online. Lorraine loots 365 day miniature painting project cube breaker 365 postcards for ants is the second phase of a project started on 1 january which involved me creating a miniature painting every single day for the entire year. The artist works with paint brushes, pencils, and bare eyes to render superbly detailed paintings scarcely larger than a small coin. I can relate to the character because jason is a kid who went somewhere he did not want to go with someone. Postcards for ants is an exquisite retrospective collection from miniaturist artist and global instagram phenomenon lorraine loots. The detroit industry murals book of postcards art from alaska book of postcards edward hopper book of postcards.

The 365 postcards for ants exhibition by lorraine loots opens on saturday morning, 17 january 2015 at 6 spin street, cape town. This years collection was inspired by my home cape town. Project by lorraine loots tackles vintage book covers, the cosmos, and. She completed the journey after one whole year, enjoying the challenge so much she decided to continue the postcards for ants project in 2014. Lorraine loots is a south african artist best known for her miniature painting series, 365 paintings for ants, launched in 20. Part art book, part cape town tourist guide, postcards for ants puts a microscope onto one of the worlds most beautiful cities, and is an instant collectors musthave. The ending was one of the best ending of a book i have ever read because it is a peaceful and happy. Paintings for ants by lorraine loots videos facebook. The essence of nonviolent technique is that it seeks to liquidate antagonisms but not the antagonists. Please scroll down for resources mentioned in this post. Facebook twitter instagram 365 postcards for ants author. Things are chaotic around here as we get ready to launch my 60hour flash sale starting online later today. At the beginning of 20, cape townbased artist lorraine loots took up a 365day challenge, devoting her time and energy to create one miniature painting every day for the entire year.

Again, people could book a date, suggest a subject and own the artwork painted on that day. During 20, cape town artist lorraine loots painted a miniature painting everyday as part of a 365 project she calls postcards for ants. Cape townbased artist lorraine loots took up a remarkable 365day challenge. November 2015 about the book in 20, littleknown south african artist lorraine loots set herself a personal challenge. Lorraine loots is a south african artist and miniaturist from cape town. A few months later, i was surprised by a package with a south africa postmark that contained her book, 365 postcards for ants. Cape townbased artist lorraine loots created the project postcards for ants, painting a tiny picture every day for 365 days that she uploaded on. In this series, she set out to paint a miniature every day for an entire.

In 20 cape town based artist, lorraine loots, started a inspiring 365 day journey. Cape townbased artist lorraine loots created the project 365 postcards for ants, painting a tiny picture every day for 365 days that she uploaded on her tumblr and instagram. As part of her 365 postcards for ants project, the south african painter produces one miniature. The books 358 pages is about 150 pages longer than it needed to be.

They are distinguished gender activist sisonke msimang chair, prominent social and political analyst eusebius mckaiser and leading african feminist sylvia tamale. Lorraine loots must have befriended derek zoolander at some point in her life, because shes gone about creating a series of pintsized paintings that are just the right size for his centre for ants. She has created miniature depictions of circular landscapes and everyday objects on a white background. Jason finds a series of clues on postcards that lead him to chapters of a 40s noir mystery story that may be about his grandmother and her strange and mysterious past. Last years collection of 365 cape towninspired miniature paintings will be on show, along with both the 20 and 2014 posters. Despite her best intentions to the contrary, lorraine became an artist almost by accident, when her side project 365 paintings for ants unexpectedly turned into a fullblown occupation. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases. Postcards for ants is an ongoing painting project by artist lorraine. Postcards for ants is a miniature illustrations project leaded by lorraine loot, happening all year long.

Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. The wittily named 365 work for ants was so profitable that the artist determined to increase. Chicagos worlds columbian exposition of 1893 book of postcards lawren s. A personal message can be included which will be handwritten on the back of the piece, and postcards will be sent out once a month. When she arrives we order coffee and i ask her questions regarding her work, recent exhibition, life and thoughts on cape town world design capital 2014. She would create a mini signature painting everyday for an entire year. I have categorised these works into collections so you can browse through or purchase limited edition art prints, books, posters or original paintings as i release them. Happy spring day south africa all of these images are available as limited edition prints in the 365 postcards for ants section at click on paintingsprints.

The project consist in painting tiny pictures, every day for for a year days. Paintings for ants by lorraine loots, cape town, western cape. Lorraine first rose to notoriety during 20 when she began a project called 365 paintings for ants and later in 2014 with 365 postcards for ants where she painted one painting every day of the year and posted it on. Lorraine loots, an expert at creating tiny art for ants, is back with a new series of mindbogglingly small and beautiful paintings of animals, space. Loots has been creating a new tiny painting every single day since january 1st, 20, posting each one on instagram and engaging fans by. About the book postcards for ants is an exquisite retrospective collection from miniaturist artist and global instagram phenomenon lorraine loots. Postcards for ants mini paintings, miniatures, ants.

This project is ongoing so if you are interested to book a date and make suggestions for future postcards, visit her website. Lorraine loots is an artist based in cape town who wrapped a highly successful project called 365 paintings for ants at the end of 20. A couple of years ago, i came across miniature art masterpieces on instagram by south african artist. At first her subjects stemmed from her own imagination but as the project gained followers, people took the opportunity to book dates that were special to them to commission a personal painting. Capetonian lorraine loots started painting a miniature a day on 01 january 20. Price new from used from hardcover, may 1, 2017 please retry. Get your hands on a customizable book postcard from zazzle. Firstly of 20, cape citybased artist lorraine loots took up a 365day problem, devoting her time and power to create one miniature portray each day for the whole 12 months. The most minuscule details of a floral bouquet, an oldfashioned camera, a jockey on a horse or a vw bus are rendered with incredibly fine paintbrushes to create paintings smaller than a quarter in artist lorraine loots series, 365 postcards for ants. Postcards for ants is an ongoing painting project by cape town artist lorraine loots who has been creating a miniature painting every single day since january 1, 20. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.