Arusha Designs Art Gallery

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Marcus and Margaret Kruger are proud new owners of a beautiful property situated in a quiet valley on the Hilton Meander and have just launched their new venture, Arusha Designs.
Marcus is an understated artistic master cabinet maker and turner, who trades under the name of Marcwoods. His clients include the ordinary man in the street, movie directors, kings and queens. He has exhibited his handiwork at numerous woodwork competitions and exhibitions where he has won many awards. Every item he makes is a piece of art. He generally works on commission and each item is carefully designed and made to the client’s specifications. For Marcus his attention to detail is paramount and timber selection, grain orientation, joinery, design and finishing are followed precisely. The wood turning shop pushes the boundaries and produces items where the wood has been specifically selected to display the best of the grain pattern. For those familiar with the Havanna Grill restaurants you will have seen his artistry in the private dining rooms, meat trolleys, cigar humidors and huge peppercorn grinders. The concept of Arusha Designs is to offer an intimate space for the discerning public to view and acquire Marcus’s work. He will be joined by a number of other wood artists who were trained in an aspect of their craft by Marcus. Those exhibiting include Neil Knight who specialises in turned pens, Brian Coetzee and his exquisite wooden boxes and the internationally acclaimed sculptor Carl Roberts who carves in wood, bone and stone.
If that is not enough for the “eye feast” the walls of the gallery will be adorned with colour in the form of art by local and Namibian artists, including water colours by Anthea Martin, mixed media by Mally Mott-Adams and oils and photography by Oliver, as resident artists. Pop up exhibitions will be held from time to time.
Margaret, a business woman who runs her businesses based on the premise of developing those she comes into contact with to reach their own potential. Having forsaken the legal fraternity for more exciting avenues, she joined the police where she met Marcus and began their 30 year marriage. As a contrast to the hardened world she plays in she has developed her creative side with a keen interest in colour and its influence in our lives. Due to her height, she jokes saying that she has some of the genes of the Masai people...she makes all her own clothes, paying special attention to the textures and designs of different cultural materials. During her travels she scours local markets for various fabrics.
Her interests will be showcased in the other gallery designed to make YOU look gorgeous and has teamed up with a young up and coming fashion designer Sané Ndlovu. Sané, who trades as Sané Boutique, burst onto the fashion scene in 2012 and targets young adults, social butterflies, professional, trendsetters as well as aspirational dressers. Sharing a love for Africa and its people, Margaret and Sané will showcase the “Afro Chic by Sané” range originally launched in December 2013. The collection represents various ethnic groups, diverse lifestyles as well as the cultures that make up the African continent. They combine the vibrantly coloured African prints and European designs into casual, formal and elegant pieces for ladies and men of all races and cultures. These garments will turn heads.
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