Weekly updates on what happend in Richard Art life in the last 7 days
Hello, OK here goes: Monday I managed to finish off a little job I did for a new collector in Pretoria. I sprayed the My Girls in six different colours onto, so cool, collectable Jerry cans. The rest of my day was admin and planning.
My Red Ana, My Orange Mandy, My Yellow Uma, My Green Tammy, My Blue Louise and My Purple Carmen.
Each individually signed and named.
Matching Caps.
I love my job and career. I get to do some really cool art.
Monday lunch. Left over Toasted Cheese from Sunday. NOMM NOMM. Always sprinkle some lettuce over like they use to do at The Golden Egg in Benoni Plaza in the 70's.
Tuesday was the usual town day. I miss my Tuesday town trips. The usual, Shift Espresso, admin, plan the day.
I then popped out to see Nicola and pick up the new Backgammon bags. I also dropped of artwork for some new Richard Scott t-shirts.
Then it was off to see John to drop off one of the boards.
The famous Richard Scott Graffiti wall at Hout Bay Gallery. Needs a revamp.
The man himself, John Hargitai. We all know how important this man has been in the success of my Art Career.
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Then I popped in to see Henry to drop the 2nd board.
Time for a quick haircut and then I popped in to see Ian to collect the new mini My Girl Bronzes.
Meet Seab, my new stylist when Yusar is not in.
Quick hello to see Mikey at Vespa to see if they need any more Richard Scott stickers. The answer is always "YES PLEASE".
Yeah, happy me. What a seminal moment.
Words cannot describe how beautiful these look and feel.
10cm Bronzes - Blue/Black with Polished Face
Description: Each bronze sculpture is individually finished with a rich blue green Verdigris patina, with hints of black, creating a distinctive aged-bronze appearance. The subtle variations in colour and texture give every piece its own unique character. The face is then highly polished.
Edition: 47 - Signed and Numbered on the Base
Ana in the flesh.
17cm Bronzes - Midnight Black with Polished Face
Description: Each bronze sculpture is individually finished with a deep Midnight Black patina, creating a distinctive aged-bronze appearance. The subtle variations in colour and texture give every piece its own unique character. The face is then highly polished.
Edition: 47 - Signed and Numbered on the Base
Zoom Zoom.
Slightly larger Ana in Black.
Great to catch up with one of my five besties, Andre.
Moritz invited us to Grand Beach Tuesday after work for a catch up and some drinks. It was nice to see Matthias and Iris who are also new Richard Scott collectors.
Meet Moritz.
Wednesday was vote day in South Africa. We decided to go around 12pm. We waited in the queue about 90 minutes and got our vote in. The rest of the day was chill and enjoy the public holiday.
Thursday morning, I popped into town. I did the usual SHIFT espresso.
Then I popped in to see Daniel at Cape Diem Lodge to finalize the artwork hanging there. Here is a link to the artwork: Click Here
Then Eugene at The Bronze Age to get some advice on waxing the smaller bronzes I picked up on Tuesday with Ian.
Wolschie, sent me this photo of him wearing a Richard Scott t-shirt in Timmelsjoch, Italy.
This is the box I shipped all the stencils to Snow's house in Ballito last week to do that installation. I used the same box to ship the stuff back and did what I call "A DANILO".
Remember when we renovated his church and we used the drop sheet and construction plank to turn to art. It is one of those super-duper academic works that will be worth a fortune one day. I am gonna get it framed up.
Ballito Time.
Friday we got up early as we had to pop into town to get Angelina’s birthday cake. I cut up a whole bunch of veggies for France at Woodstock Brewery. He was super-duper chuffed to get them. I got some beers for the weekend and we were off to pick up the cake then home via Checkers to get some weekend groceries.
Frans from Woodstock Brewery very happy with his stash from our garden.
I got stuck into some sales leads while Joanne popped out a second time. I have been working on some really cool deals and art at the moment.
Guess who I am switching too?
Early afternoon we prepped the food for the Pizza night to celebrate Angelina’s 21st. The kids all rocked up at the same time and from 6pm to 10pm we just cooked and entertained millennial conversation. Not for me. I tapped out at 9am as its not for me. So here I am at 9.15 typing to you.
One big happy family. Only Richie missing. He was in Cape Town celebrating Lara's birthday. from left: Me, Joanne, Chad, Amy, Angelina, Mila, Thorn, Amy (my niece), Daniella and Dean.
Joanne arranged a NOMM NOMM Cake from Tracy at A Taste of Klass. Raspberry Lemon. It was delicious.
Birthday Girl and Mila messing about, as usual.
Saturday I got stuck into photographing the new small bronzes and adding them online. The photos are at the top of the blog.
They really are beautiful.
A year in the making from concept to 3D printing to finding a foundry to cast them. No one could help me because of the small size and complexity of the piece.
Yes they look simple in design and aesthetic but that doesn’t work in bronze casting.
I was referred to several people who did vacuum casting and even centrifugal casting.
Ian Lipman put his hand up and took up the challenge and bingo, what a beautiful result. Thank you Ian for making my dream and art come to life.
Early Saturday afternoon we got stuck into the garden. I cleaned out the five overgrown veggie boxes on the deck and replanted in the garden while Joanne foraged and made us a delicious vegetable soup for Sunday.
After that we made some spinach and feta wraps in the air fryer and played backgammon on the deck.
John from Hout Bay Gallery sent me this all the way from Clarens. SPOT THE SCOTT.
Sabrina in Plettenberg Bay sent me this as well. Slowly taking over, one decanter at a time.
Another collector from Plettenberg Bay also sent me this image as memories of our time there.
Sunday was up early, go for a run, water the garden, have breakfast and plan the week ahead. I just took my Rega turntable down to the studio to add Candy Ana tomorrow as Achim Spelling, Hi-Fi man and Munich art dealer suggested we do that and then run a limited edition Richard Scott Candy Ana Rega turntable.
So, it’s now 11am, Joanne is potting about and I am typing to you. We’re thinking of going to the beach and swimming or playing bat and ball as the weather is so nice today.
So, thanks for reading and viewing
Until next week.
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