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Olaf Breuning's Coffins |
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Olaf Breuning a young Swiss artist commissioned three full
sized coffins. He and Adam Sutherland the Curator of Grizedale Arts, UK
who funded Olaf's coffins came to Ghana to see the works in progress. Olaf ordered three designs - a chocolate bar, a snowman and an icecream - a "melting" theme he explained. He emailed us a sketch of his ideas and the carpenters started work... see the photos below for the rest of the story. | |
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| The snowman being fitted with his carrot ears | |
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| Pieces of the chocolate bar - good enough to eat! | |
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| Here's the lid of the icecream | |
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| And this is the finished piece before painting | |
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| Olaf checks out the painted icecream | ||
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| Olaf's coffins caused quite a stir in the neighbourhood - the local children enjoyed them! | ||
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| Olaf's three "melting" coffins | ||
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| It's not easy taking photos under these conditions! | ||
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| Time to move on - the coffins being carried out of the neighbourhood | ||
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If you would like to learn more about the traditional Ga decorated coffins we recommend the following book:
Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa
by Thierry Secretan available from Amazon You can buy Ga coffins in the Ga Coffins section of our shop. | ||
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