The Great Zambezi Exhibition
CELEBRATING THE BEAUTY OF NATURE Flocks of brightly-coloured birds and an abundance of wildlife - which includes hippos, elephants, black rhinos, wild dogs, cheetah and lions - can be found around the Zambezi River. And it’s this diversity of fauna and flora which has inspired Ardmore Ceramic Art’s ‘The Great Zambezi’ exhibition, which will be staged at The Cellars–Hohenort in Cape Town from February 17 to February 19. Running through parts of Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – birthplace of Ardmore founder, Fée Halsted – the river and its fauna and flora have been imaginatively realised in ceramics featuring hippos ridden by local people, elephants and crocodiles which evoke memories of the stories of Rudyard Kipling and Rider Haggard, troops of vervet monkeys chattering in the forest canopy and Flame Lilies and Scadoxis flowers interacting with colourful Narina Trogans and Angolan Pita birds. For those interested in adding something s...