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Beach Calligraphy of the Day: Inspired by his interest in African colonial and pre-colonial writing systems, Andrew van der Merwe carves intricate, mostly meaningless symbols into the sands of various Cape Town beaches.
Van der Merwe explains the piece above:
The characters in this piece take their inspiration mainly from the Adinkra symbols of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The symbols are neither alphabetic nor pictographic like the Egyptian symbols, but rather stylised motifs which were used to convey a range of things from historical events to attitudes, objects and even proverbs.
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Beach Calligraphy of the Day: Inspired by his interest in African colonial and pre-colonial writing systems, Andrew van der Merwe carves intricate, mostly meaningless symbols into the sands of various Cape Town beaches.
Van der Merwe explains the piece above:
The characters in this piece take their inspiration mainly from the Adinkra symbols of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The symbols are neither alphabetic nor pictographic like the Egyptian symbols, but rather stylised motifs which were used to convey a range of things from historical events to attitudes, objects and even proverbs.
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so effin neato!
