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Chick on the wire - Len Verdorn Coming home to roost 22 Get It Lowveld April 2020
Famous for its quirky creations, the Lowveld’s annual Chicken Challenge really does put the funky into "funky chicken". Hip, trendy and wonderfully creative, these chickens are works of art. Text: MELLISSA BUSHBY The initiative is now in its sixth year and is part of the fundraising effort in support of Hands at Work in Africa, a non-profit organisation based in Mbombela, that assists orphaned and vulnerable children in southern Africa. “In its founding year, 2014, the Chicken Challenge had 67 chickens on display, generating around R30 000. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, with 101 chickens auctioned last year, raising R83 126 for Hands at Work in Africa,” says Reinette Fourie, Chicken Challenge founder and Mbombela-based artist. Reinette, who developed the challenge with Karin Daymond and Marlize Meyer, says its defining Thembi Nkosi moment is its professional online auction of the uniquely decorated chickens. All the proceeds are donated to Hands at Work in Africa. The 3D stylised The rough beast’s time has come - Peruda Florit and Reinette Fourie chicken-shaped canvas was inspired by Polish sculptor, Dariusz J Nowak, and provides the perfect vehicle for artistic expression and interpretation. The only people involved in the Chicken Challenge who are paid are the two crafters who make the canvases, Thembi Nkosi and Nhlanhla Mabunda. Other than that, it is organised and facilitated by volunteers and expenses are carried by donors and corporate sponsors. Both of these crafters were trained by Reinette, who studied graphic design but worked mostly in puppeteering and developing craft products. Nhlanhla started making chickens in 2014 and Thembi joined him soon after. They have made about 800 canvases to date. “Thembi excels as a master crafter and is now responsible for creating most of the canvases,” says Reinette. “She lives in Mpakeni, near Mbombela, and works for Siphamandla, a home-based care organisation, in the mornings. She creates the chicken canvases in the April 2020 Get It Lowveld 23
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