Mike
was commissioned to create 6 art images based on different African
music instruments. This artwork depicts the tribal cultures
who played them.
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Picture for enlargement
Artwork
includes 6 original sketches
art accompanying a
series of photographs of Music Instruments and their African
tribal links.
Text, also by Mike
Elliott, is available free on request
The
Sound of Africa
Corporate Calendar
for 2004 Sold Out
Pencil
Artwork
Popular in different
forms throughout Africa, it is a particular favourite
with the Bushman of the Kalahari and a core instrument
in African music.
Pencil
Artwork
A universal instrument
and central to African music. They can be found in hundreds
of different forms in Africa. The large drums often play
an important role in ceremony.
Art
Illustration - Pencil
Tribal variations
range from sophisticated instruments with a large gourd
sound box to the more numerous guitars made with a 5 Litre
Oil Can, very effectively forming the body and sound box
Pencil
Drawing
The forerunner of a
great many instruments, including the guitar. Like that
instrument they can be very sophisticated using finely
crafted natural products or fashioned from available discarded
modern materials.
This
calendar was put together by Associated
Industries, a South African company, based on a series
of African Music Instruments. This was a new challenge for Mike
as he had not had any involvement with African music apart from
listening to Bushmen playing their instruments.