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SHOP AFRICA

Posted by Dimitrios (ATHENS, Greece) on 31 October 2007 in Art & Design.

the shop at the African museum in Brussels, Europe.

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Comments (13)

Mandy from South Africa

hahahaha...all the things made out of coold drink cans!! Very touristy......OUr local vendors are masters at making things out of what we consider rubbish!

31 Oct 2007 6:52am

@Mandy: so thats were all the masters are hidden e? regards D

M.E. from Encino, United States

that's so creative and resourceful! thank you for showcasing them.

31 Oct 2007 7:00am

@M.E.: my pleasure , keep on looking! regards D

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

LOL Dimitrios, great find, such fun ;)

31 Oct 2007 7:40am

@Lorraine: aaaaaa my early morning friend, take care, D

ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany

So much going on here! Very creative stuff indeed ;)

31 Oct 2007 10:03am

@ManuelaR: regards from Athens to Hainburg

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Fabulous colour and interest value!

31 Oct 2007 10:47am

@Helen: hellow my distant friend, happy that you liked it, regards D

Eleftheria, 9 years old, from Athens, Greece

Nice place!

31 Oct 2007 12:50pm

@Eleftheria, 9 years old,: thank you >E, regards D

alla from Toronto, Canada

wow amazing :)

31 Oct 2007 3:10pm

@alla: thank you alla

Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, Québec, Canada

Talk about recycling....

31 Oct 2007 8:11pm

@Wolfgang Prigge: great art e? greetings

Gary from United States

Very Interesting! I could spend alot of time in there. Happy Halloween.

31 Oct 2007 9:33pm

@Gary: HH Gary

Melanie from Switzerland

Did you buy something?
It is wonderful the things they can do with the cans!

31 Oct 2007 10:18pm

@Melanie: no I did not, I dream of going to Africa for that! regards D

Amir from ?, Iran

Sad to see the social divide in this world even have manifested itself into children's toys. African toys made of recycled cans and things that Americans and rest of wealthy Europeans call garbage. Sad indeed.

Thanks for sharing

1 Nov 2007 1:52am

@Amir: there is truth in what you are saying, I always admire the ingenuity of people to make the most of life even with garbage! regards D

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

This reminds me of going to exhibitions at the art gallery here in Sydney, when you come out of the exhibition and enter the shop -- which is I guess what you did here. A lovely collection of toys that you've captured. I presume from the EXIF information, that this is a lens with a maximum aperture of f3.5, so you've done well under the circumstances in the low light.

6 Nov 2007 10:34pm

@Andrew Gould: I am just the owner of a small compact Olympus μ 770 SW, it is a magic little thing! regards D

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Dazzling collection of collectors' items!! MIraculous what creative people can do with throw-away things! There's also a sad side involved, let's all do our best to diminish the gap between poor and rich. I saw a documentary about manufacturing japanese rice crackers in China. The Japanese have them made in China where young women operate on the conveyor belt at four euros a day! That's far less than a European or American earns per hour, Dutch lawyers charge 400-600 euros per hour which is 3-5 months payment for such a Chinese woman. Let's face it.

10 Nov 2007 7:30pm

@Illuci: one way is to stop buying chineese, can it be done? hard decission! I agree with you on the rest.

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