<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>C comme ...</title><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/</link><description>une expatri&#xe9;e en Afrique du Sud
an expatriate in South Africa</description><language>fr</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:27:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>CanalBlog - http://www.canalblog.com</generator><item><title>pp 96-97-103 Dreunende Trommels / The roll of drums</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/10/16071572.html</link><category>croquis / sketches</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/10/16071572.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/16071572/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/10/16071572.html</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Je vous ai d&#xe9;j&#xe0; pr&#xe9;sent&#xe9; les Bantwane &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/18/15423789.html&quot;&gt;l&#xe0;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;. &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;/ I have already talked about the Bantwane &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/18/15423789.html&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/04/86/320418/44953977.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;299&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/04/86/320418/44953977_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;96&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/42/25/320418/45048895.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;299&quot; alt=&quot;97&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/42/25/320418/45048895_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/28/48/320418/45048947.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;299&quot; alt=&quot;103&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/28/48/320418/45048947_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Avec leur gros colliers, cela fait un peu penser aux
Ndebele, mais les colliers sont plus gros et ont l&apos;air fait en tissus,
et non en fer/or/argent comme chez les Ndebele. &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;/ The big necklace really makes me think of the Ndebele, don&apos;t you think? But they seem to be made of fabric, and not of metal as with the Ndebele.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experiments - 7 (CB)</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/08/16066173.html</link><category>acrylique / acrylic</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/08/16066173.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/16066173/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/08/16066173.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/43/86/401767/47224536.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;341&quot; alt=&quot;frangipani_flowers_4&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/43/86/401767/47224536_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Et encore des glacis transparents et des fleurs de frangipaniers... &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;/ More tranparent glazes and more frangipani flowers... &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Semaine 49 / Week 49</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/07/16058429.html</link><category>1 croquis par semaine / 1 sketch a week</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/07/16058429.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/16058429/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/07/16058429.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Nous approchons de la fin... &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;/ We are nearing the end of the year...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/61/01/401767/47199430.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;327&quot; alt=&quot;S49&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/61/01/401767/47199430_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bo&#xee;tes / Boxes</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/04/15916970.html</link><category>d&#xe9;coration</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/04/15916970.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15916970/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/04/15916970.html</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;J&apos;aime les bo&#xee;tes. Chaque no&#xeb;l, ici, une cha&#xee;ne de magasin (l&apos;&#xe9;quivalent de Marks and Spencer) propose des bo&#xee;tes. Et chaque ann&#xe9;e je craque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;I love boxes. Each year in South Africa, a shop (the equivalent of Marks and Sparks) sells gorgeous boxes. And each year, I just &lt;em&gt;have &lt;/em&gt;to buy some.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christmas 2007:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/52/53/401767/47013703.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;299&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/52/53/401767/47013703_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;xmas_07&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Christmas 2008:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/65/85/401767/47013753.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;338&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/65/85/401767/47013753_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;xmas_08&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Christmas 2009:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/65/88/401767/47013794.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;338&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/65/88/401767/47013794_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;xmas_09&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experiments - 6 (CB)</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/02/15998754.html</link><category>acrylique / acrylic</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/02/15998754.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15998754/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/02/15998754.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Ce tableau n&apos;est pas fini, mais cela vous donne une id&#xe9;e de ce que je travaille, et si je suis toujours &#xe0; travailler les transparences, je ne peins pas que des fleurs... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;This painting is not finished yet, but it gives you an idea of what I do at the moment. I work a lot with transparent glazes, but I don&apos;t only paint flowers...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/97/79/401767/47010156.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;299&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/97/79/401767/47010156_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;pots&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Lors de ce travail, je n&apos;ai pratiquement utilis&#xe9; que ma carte de fid&#xe9;lit&#xe9;, m&#xea;me pour faire les bouteilles et le bol!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;In this work, I worked almost entirely with a credit card, even to paint the bowl and bottles!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experiments - 5 (CB)</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/30/15856487.html</link><category>acrylique / acrylic</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/30/15856487.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15856487/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/30/15856487.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/80/26/401767/46549690.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;373&quot; alt=&quot;frangipani_flowers_2b&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/80/26/401767/46549690_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Encore une exp&#xe9;rience avec la CB, jeux de transparences et fleurs de frangipaniers. / &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;Another experiment with a credit card, transparent glazes and frangipani flowers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Il faut que je vous pr&#xe9;cise quand m&#xea;me, que quand je parle de carte bancaire, j&apos;utilise en fait une carte de fid&#xe9;lit&#xe9; p&#xe9;rim&#xe9;e. La carte sera ab&#xee;m&#xe9;e de fa&#xe7;on irr&#xe9;vocable! &lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;/ I must tell you that when I talk of credit card, I actually use an out of date frequent flyer card. Don&apos;t use a real credit card for this experiment, for it will obviously damage it permanently!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Semaine 48 / Week 48</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/29/15970654.html</link><category>1 croquis par semaine / 1 sketch a week</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/29/15970654.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15970654/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/29/15970654.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/36/64/401767/46920441.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;294&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/36/64/401767/46920441_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;S48&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:43:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expo / Exhibition</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/26/15916877.html</link><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/26/15916877.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15916877/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/26/15916877.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/41/08/401767/46798994.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;299&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/41/08/401767/46798994_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alliance_francaise&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Voici l&apos;Alliance Fran&#xe7;aise de Pretoria, o&#xf9; aura lieu ce soir le vernissage de mon expo &amp;quot;Vanishing Words&amp;quot; (qu&apos;on pourrait traduire par &amp;quot;Des mots qui disparaissent&amp;quot;). C&apos;est la premi&#xe8;re fois que j&apos;expose toute seule. Je vais montrer tous les portraits que j&apos;avais fait sur les journaux, mais aussi les esquisses sur les pages du roman en afrikaans (Dreunende Trommels). Encadr&#xe9;es, elles sont vraiment superbes!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/28/78/401767/46798965.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;371&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/28/78/401767/46798965_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;encadrement&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Souhaitez moi bonne chance!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;Tonight is the opening for my exhibition &amp;quot;Vanishing Words&amp;quot; at the Alliance Fran&#xe7;aise (French cultural centre - see first picture). The first time I will be exhibiting on my own. I&apos;m going to show all my portraits on newspapers but also the sketches I&apos;ve done on Dreunende trommels, the novel in Afrikaans. They look gorgeous now they are framed!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/15/42/401767/46798981.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;299&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/15/42/401767/46798981_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;expo_1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;Wish me good luck!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;La semaine prochaine, retour &#xe0; la normale; je vais pouvoir revenir me balader sur les blogs...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;Next week shouldn&apos;t be as busy. I&apos;ll be able to visit your blogs again.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experiments - 4 (CB)</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/24/15856306.html</link><category>acrylique / acrylic</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/24/15856306.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15856306/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/24/15856306.html</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lilotte.canalblog.com/&quot;&gt;Lilotte&lt;/a&gt; a parl&#xe9; de faire un fond en &#xe9;talant des couches avec une carte bancaire (&lt;a href=&quot;http://lilotte.canalblog.com/archives/2009/09/28/15233743.html#comments&quot;&gt;cliquez l&#xe0;&lt;/a&gt;)... J&apos;ai &#xe9;t&#xe9; intrigu&#xe9;e et surtout fascin&#xe9;e par le r&#xe9;sultat!! Depuis, j&apos;&#xe9;tale &#xe0; tout va, je racle, je vaporise de l&apos;eau, je racle &#xe0; nouveau, ... et j&apos;adooooooooooore les r&#xe9;sultats!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lilotte.canalblog.com&quot;&gt;Lilotte&lt;/a&gt; explained how she applied colours &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;with a credit card &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;to create a background &lt;a href=&quot;http://lilotte.canalblog.com/archives/2009/09/28/15233743.html#comments&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;). I was puzzled, and most of all fascinated by the result!! Since then, I apply colours after colours with a credit card, I scape, I spray some water, scrape again, ... and I loooooooove the results!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/12/55/320418/46511292.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;376&quot; alt=&quot;frangipani_flowers_1&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/12/55/320418/46511292_p.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Les fleurs de frangipaniers m&apos;inspirent... Attendez-vous &#xe0; en voir toute une s&#xe9;rie!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#336600&quot;&gt;Frangipani flowers inspire me... You&apos;re going to see a lot of them!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Semaine 47 / Week 47</title><dc:creator>giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/22/15889741.html</link><category>1 croquis par semaine / 1 sketch a week</category><category>Afrique du Sud</category><category>Bords de route</category><category>side of the road</category><category>South Africa</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/22/15889741.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/15889741/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2009/11/22/15889741.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/17/95/401767/46659653.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;304&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/17/95/401767/46659653_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;S47&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:52:31 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>