African Beadwork Reinvented in Mosaic, with Karla Duterloo
Cape Town, South Africa
November 1 – 7, 2015
€1350
Enjoy a mosaic holiday in Cape Town, South Africa combining a week full of mosaic and some sightseeing in one of the most beautiful cities of the world.
COURSEWORK:
Our project will be a disk using traditional mosaic and incorporating African beadwork, which gives the work a very local African touch with a strong sense of timelessness. I will show you how to find inspiration for your design, as well as for your choice of mosaic colours. Lots of examples of how to develop a design will be supplied. I’ll teach you all there is to know about cutting and laying of the tiles, the grouting process, incorporating local beads and much more. Handouts are also provided and pictures of your work in process will be taken which we can analyze later on. Disks and all basic mosaic materials will be provided.
LODGING:
Participants will stay at the Lodge in the Atlantic Beach Golf Estate. Beautiful rooms, continental breakfast included, with a view over the golf course and 50 meter from the Golf Clubhouse which includes a restaurant. The Lodge is very close to the studio.
The estate is about a 10 min walk from a stunning beach and some great restaurants; after a hard day’s work you can enjoy sundowners at the beach and fine dinning in these restaurants.
There is a beautiful 18 hole golf course at the Estate — the only golf course in the world where the springboks are freely roaming around while you play. There is also a leisure centre, pool, driving range, gym, 2 floodlit tennis courts , and a 5 km walking/running track. A shopping centre is located just outside the Estate.
EXCURSIONS:
Included in the course are two and a half days of excursions: a Stellenbosch Town and Wine lands tour, a Cape Peninsula Scenic tour and a half a day Greenmarket/Watershed Market at the Waterfront tour.
- In the Cape Peninsula Scenic tour, which will take approximately 10 hours, we visit some of the most stunning places in and around Cape Town: we’ll drive along the beautiful beaches of Clifton, Bantry Bay, Camps Bay to Hout Bay and then drive over the impressive Chapman’s Peak to Cape Point National Park, where you can walk to the most southern part of Africa. On the way back we go to Kalk Bay and have sundowners at the famous 12 Apostle Hotel overlooking the ocean.
- On the Stelllenbosch Town and Wine lands tour we will see (and taste) beautiful wine farms and visit the quaint town of Stellenbosch, South Africa’s second oldest town.
- On the Greenmarket and Watershed market at the Waterfront front, we’ll go to local art markets where you can buy additional African beadwork to personalise your mosaic artwork even more. At the Waterfront, South Africa’s most visited venue, you can also do additional shopping in the many beautiful shops and boutiques.
During the course we will offer coffee/tea, biscuits at the break and a very nice lunch for all course-participants.
We promise a creative week with lots of entertainment!
COST: 1350 Euro per participant
INCLUDED:
- 6 nights accommodation at the Atlantic Beach Golf Estate Lodge including breakfast
- Welcome drinks and tapas on Sunday afternoon (Nov 1) at 4:00 PM
- 2-1/2 half days mosaic course including all basic materials and the disk
- 2-1/2 half days excursions
- Lunches on all mosaic days at the studio
- Transport to and from nearby restaurants for evening dinners
NOT INCLUDED:
- Airfare tickets to and from Cape Town
- Transport to/from Cape Town International Airport to the Atlantic Beach Golf Estate (we can arrange pick up for your own cost)
- Dinners in the evening
- Beverages and lunches on excursion days
DETAILS:
- To run the course we need a minimum of 5 participants
- To guarantee optimal personal attention the course can have max. 6 participants
- To confirm your initial place on the course we need to have 50% (675 EURO) of your payment received by August 1
- If by August 1 we have not received initial payments of the required minimum of 5 participants, the course will be cancelled and your payment will be refunded minus any bank transfer charges
- Your 2nd payment of respectively: 675 Euro needs to be received by September 1 to ensure your final confirmation as a participant on the course
- Banking details will be supplied to you via email
- If we have to cancel the course before September 1 due to insufficient enrollment, payment will be refunded minus any bank charges
- If you cancel the course after September 1 but before October 1, we will refund 50% of your initial payment minus any bank transfer charges
- If you cancel your participation after October 1, no refund can be given
ABOUT KARLA:
I am a Dutch award winning mosaic artist and making mosaic on all kind of surfaces : garden sculptures, functional and decorative mosaics, 2D/ 3D mosaics, fine art and bathroom floors. I work with all sorts of different materials which gives my work a unique design and colour application. My work is held in more than 15 different countries around the world, and exhibitions of my work have taken place in various countries, included UK, Europe and South Africa. Read more about Karla here. See more of Karla’s work here.
TO REGISTER:
Read more about the retreat here. For more information and a detailed course program, for you (and your partner) please email Karla here or here.
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