| Mike
was commissioned to create 6 art images based on different
African music instruments. This artwork depicts the tribal
cultures who played them. He has been an illustrator for
Associated
Industries' prestige Corporate calendars since
1987, focusing on wildlife and ethnic studies. |
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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
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The
Sound of Africa
Corporate
Calendar for 2004
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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.
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Illustration
Art -Pencil
Now
available as fun curios, these monkey drums traditionally
have very spiritual tribal applications. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Pencil
Artwork
Another
instrument found in many forms in Africa, as diverse as
the gourds that are used to make them. Maracas are merely
a modern form of an ancient instrument |
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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. |
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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.
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