For Dawnview resident Annalize Mynhardt being creative is just something that comes naturally.
And her creativity is paying off as she has bagged a spot at an art gallery exhibition for her torso sculptures.
The Spring Exhibition takes place at the Judy Miller Art Gallery situated at the Mall of Africa, with opening night being tomorrow (Thursday) at 6pm.
Annalize told the GCN that she has always been arty and took art at school.
“I do mosaic and paint a bit, but then for a long time I stopped doing art as I was running my company Quartz Solutions, which is a telecommunications business,” said Annalize.
However, business slowed down and Annalize, who needs to make ends meet, has returned to her artistic ways.
But this time she is creating something which takes intensive labour and even a bit of pain.
She is creating torso sculptures made out of galvanised washers.
“I start by taking the galvanising off the washers and then using either a concrete or a paper mache mould I place the washers where I want them and start welding them together.
“Once the washers are welded I start sculpting with a grinder, using fine sand paper.”
It takes Annalize a minimum of four days to create one sculpture.
“I recently tried dipping them and can now create sculptures in any colour.
“I particularly like the rose gold and titanium coloured sculptures,” she said.
She hit on the idea of making torso sculptures after her brother Willie Roos saw a man in a street in Pretoria making welded items for sale and he asked the man if he could make him a torso sculpture.
This was duly delivered and Willie suggested to Annalize that she should try making torso sculptures as this was not the focus of the man’s business.
So Annalize gave it a try and she loved it.
“I love doing the sculptures, even though I get hurt a lot,” Annalize said.
“I am always covered in cuts and I often burn myself while working.”
Annalize is excited about the exhibition and hopes that her creations will sell.
Her husband Tobie passed away in 2004 and she shares her Roos Road home with her mother Fietjie Moolman and son Francois Botha (32).
Her other son Jaco Botha (28) and his wife Maruschka live in the Netherlands.
“I am extremely excited as I will become a grandmother on February 8 to a grandson who is to be named Adriaan,” Annalize said.
When Annalize is not hard at work running her business and creating her sculptures, she enjoys cooking, doing mosaic, crocheting blankets for her soon-to-be-born grandson and whatever else she can turn her hand to.
“I also sleep,” she said with a laugh.
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