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Monday, July 8, 2013

Ga coffins: Snowman, Icecream & Choclate bar

Olaf Breuning a young Swiss artist commissioned three full sized coffins. He and Adam Sutherland the Curator of Grizedale Arts, UK who funded Olaf's coffins came to Ghana to see the works in progress.

Olaf ordered three designs - a chocolate bar, a snowman and an icecream - a "melting" theme he explained. He emailed us a sketch of his ideas and the carpenters started work... see the photos below for the rest of the story.
 
The snowman being fitted with his carrot ears






     Lining up pieces of chocolate bar



    
Here's the lid of the icecream


    
And this is the finished piece before painting



    
Olaf checks out the painted icecream



Olaf's coffins caused quite a stir in the neighbourhood




Olaf's three "melting" coffins


    
Olaf's team filming



 Time to move on - the snowman on his way out 

Find out more about Ga Coffins from this book or order your own coffin or thematic chest from the eShopAfrica.com online shop:


Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa






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