The PPC Imaginarium awards
Remembering this competition still gives me a weird mix of frustration, joy and outright anger. The cement sculpture I entered had taken two years to cast, though the original clay master took only a few months. This was how I learned to make moulds, because the original mouldmaker I tried to send it to had…
The making of “Wabele – Our Gods Go With Us”
Our Gods Go With Us is named “Wabele” because this is the name given to the wooden sculptures that are made in central Africa with an amalgam of features from different animals. These are protector spirits, frequently horned but always unpredictable, powerful and wild. The horned god travelled with humanity in legends as we spread…
Thelma with Unfallen Rain
Acrylic on canvas 120cm x 180cm The drought has been coming for a long time.Time enough is never enough timeFor good-time, short-termKings and queensOf the Party.(Whichever party) Playing drunken musical chairs is scaryWhen the silence comes.Silence except for tiny dropson tin roofsOn show-off roadsIn broken guttersThen out to sea.Undrunk. Rain still falls but the Party…
Kim Mobey 
You must be logged in to post a comment.