An art exhibition to catch
So spectacularly cast and crafted are artist and jeweller Nic Bladen’s latest botanical sculptures that it’s hard to believe they’re not nature’s work
06 February 2020 - 05:00
It’s an easy mistake to think the plants you’re looking at in this snippet are real. So spectacularly cast and crafted are artist and jeweller Nic Bladen’s latest botanical sculptures that it’s hard to believe they’re not nature’s work.
The acclaimed sculptor’s show Proteaceae, on at the Everard Read in Cape Town, is a sight to behold. As the name suggests, the works depict plants from the protea family, fashioned from bronze and white bronze...
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