Get ready to spook the neighbours for Halloween and impress eco-warriors
Ujala Sewpersad, from Umcebo Design with Mr Bones, a skeleton, made from recycled plastic.
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GLENWOOD is about to get a little spookier and a whole lot more creative when a group of students gather on Saturday, October 11 to turn trash into treasure.
Known for their bespoke art work inspired by nature and made largely from recycled material, the award-winning Umcebo Design duo Robin Opperman and Ujala Sewpersad will hold a workshop with adults and teenagers.
As part of the Halloween recycled plastic art workshop at the Glenwood Village,Opperman and Sewpersad will teach participants how to make ghosts from paper cups; spiders from pipe cleaners or bats from egg boxes and skeletons from plastic milk cartons.
The aim is to teach participants to be eco- conscious and get creative with waste materials.
Following the success of their paper rose making workshop in June, they are once more running a holiday workshop for people keen to get into the “spirit” of Halloween - a holiday observed on October 31 and noted for its pagan and religious roots and secular traditions.
In much of North America and Europe observance of Halloween is largely nonreligious, celebrated with parties, spooky costumes, jack o lanterns, pumpkin carvings, trick-or-treating, wearing scary costumes and the giving of candy are some of the time-honoured traditions of Halloween.
In recent years South Africans have also begun to celebrate Halloween.
The workshop fee is R100, and all necessary materials will be provided. For planning purposes, booking is essential and those interested can WhatsApp Robin Opperman on 083 793 3408.