Hobby-X 2023 is scheduled for 4-7 May at the Kialami Grand Prix circuit and the International Convention Centre. Each year a wide range of materials, equipment, supplies and ideas are shown to the public, encouraging South Africans to take up a creative craft or hobby. Hobby-X was originally launched in 1998 and has grown exponentially over the past 23 years. It is now a very popular ...

If today's world is characterised by extravagant footwear, shoemakers in the past produced shoes of all kinds and shapes no less creative than those of the 2000s. Among these one cannot fail to mention chopines, a very popular type of women's shoe between the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although today the 'wedges' of some chopines may resemble the twentieth-century wedges of the same name, in the vintage footwear the purpose ...

Recycling Art is an art direction based on the transformation of old, obsolete household items into new art objects. Recycling artists, like eco-artists, call for the elimination of the harmful environmental impact of household waste and the search for alternative resources and energy. Margaux Lange received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (2001), where she was first conceived ...

In the run-up to the New Year, here's a Christmas star workshop that will help you get the hang of making a star out of newspaper. Not only can you weave stars out of newspapers, but old school notebooks and magazine pages are also suitable. It's easy to create your own star - even for a child, this workshop can be child's play. The star can also be placed on a ...