(Robin Opperman, director of Umcebo Design
and Umcebo artist: Samuel Gwezva watch as Wonderboy Mathenjwa checks the
positioning of the chandelier. Pic by Niamh Vorster)
Two enormous
chandeliers made by top local art makers, Umcebo Design, from recycled
materials, which were shown at the Intellectual Property 2015 exhibition, have
been donated to The Denis Hurley Centre to hang on permanent display in the
Centre.
Umcebo Design
create statement decor items, mostly inspired by flora and fauna themes. They
also take on public art commissions and projects, and run art workshops with
emerging art-makers and children, encouraging them to use recycled and discarded
materials in creating art.
The Denis Hurley
Centre is a purpose-made new building alongside Emmanuel Cathedral in the
city’s CBD. This busy multi-purpose multi-faith facility promotes extensive
outreach, support, feeding and training for the homeless, unemployed and
refugee communities, and provides primary health care as well as community
building programmes in one of the most diverse, challenging and impoverished
neighbourhoods of downtown Durban. It was opened in November 2015 – the
centenary commemoration of the birth of Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI, whose
legacy the building honours.
For more
information please contact Raymond Perrier, Director the Denis Hurley Centre, on 031
301 2240 or email: raymond@denishurleycentre.org
Visit Umcebo Design’s website at www.umcebodesign.co.za
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