Who can guess what this photograph is of? Type your answer below as a comment on this post. The answer will be revealed on the 05th of January and the winner will receive (by mail) an Africa keyring that was handcrafted in South Africa from glass beads and steel wire.
Deze foto raden? Typ je antwoord hieronder in als een reactie op deze post. Het antwoord wordt hier op 05 januari geplaatst. De winner ontvangt een Afrika sleutelhanger (in de post) die handgemaakt in Zuid-Afrika werdt uit glaskralen en staaldraadjes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves a winner!

The correct answer that we were looking for was “bird made out of wrought iron”. That people even added bird species was a fun surprise. Being the first to add the correct answer, K. van Zwam will be receiving a keyring in the post. Other telephonic suggestions were wide and varied … from metal chains to posts at Rotterdam Harbour. Thank you to everyone for taking part

The photo is actually of a secretary bird that has been made out of wrought iron. These wrought iron birds (and other magnicifent sculptures) are made in Zimbabwe from recycled metal. We bought our scuplture in Johannesburg at the craft market on William Nichol Drive, where you get all sizes and types of animals, even 2 metre tall giraffes!

About a month or so before Christmas we had a lovely snowfall which created a mini-winter wonderland in our garden, providing a little Santa hat for our sculpture. A snow-covered conifer provided the festive background. It was unanimous! Our 2008 Christmas greeting had to be a fusion of Africa’s raw creativity of Africa and Holland’s pristine nature.

We hope that 2009 is happy, healthy and prosperous for you!

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