{"id":45592,"date":"2024-07-03T06:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T04:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lakeside-artist-uses-life-like-sculptures-to-promote-nature-conservation-20240703\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:40:55","slug":"lakeside-artist-uses-life-like-sculptures-to-promote-nature-conservation-20240703","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lakeside-artist-uses-life-like-sculptures-to-promote-nature-conservation-20240703\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeside artist uses life-like sculptures to promote nature conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lakeside artist Johan Steyn creates life-like sculptures to highlight the consequences of human actions on nature. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inspired by stories from his grandfather, a former Kruger National Park ranger, Steyn\u2019s work aims to promote nature conservation. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His Minky collection, featuring 16 different sculptures, serves as a poignant reminder of the need to protect wildlife and the environment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Using sculpting as a tool for nature conservation, local artist Johan Steyn creates thought-provoking, life-like art pieces to highlight the consequences of human action and inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catching up with him at his home studio in Lakeside, the artist who is known for his Minky sculptures went down memory lane as he reflected on where his inspiration for nature conservation came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather was a warden (ranger) at the Kruger National Park, and he used to go out on patrols. When he arrived home my father and aunt were always curious to know what he saw during his patrols in the park.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minky\">Minky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Through adventurous stories told and created by his grandfather\u2019s imagination, the girl Minky and all the animals she interacted with were born and shared with young impressionable minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe told them Minky had come to him at the river, that she spoke to him and those stories he told my father were passed on to me,\u201d says Steyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/art-teacher-passes-the-brush-in-bid-to-make-a-difference-in-kids-lives-20230822\" target=\"_blank\">Art teacher passes the brush in bid to make a difference in kids\u2019 lives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo me, the stories are a South African legend of a girl that was in my grandfather\u2019s imagination told to his kids to comfort them. So, I manifested Minky in a different way through sculpting.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minky stories have inspired 16 different sculptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have already sculpted 16 different pieces such as sea turtles, rhinos and octopuses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_7b4466a2\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11965\/4a1a5132b41445a9a240050c837e9f24.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6e857d78461d4ab0ad7db2b005a68dab.jpg\" title=\"Johan Steyn with a Minky sculpture depicting a turtle. PHOTO: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Johan Steyn with a Minky sculpture depicting a turtle. PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-south-africa\">South Africa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Steyn explains his thought process when creating sculptures of wildlife and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I do wildlife, I feel very grounded and that I am part of Africa and I\u2019m trying to convey that I grew up in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly, when creating art, it is to work from the heart says Steyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith human sculptors, I feel that I become the subject and I work from the heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steyn believes doing sculptures in human form is trickier than other works of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_c6967041\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cThe most difficult subject in art is probably the human face or figure because we see ourselves in the mirror every day and when you want to make art in human form, you must either be very good or lucky to get it lifelike.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For Steyn, the act of sculpting is therapeutic and sometimes spiritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I create angels I feel as if I\u2019m not touching the ground and it becomes quite spiritual and magical,\u201d he shares. \u201cThere are times you feel as if you are not the one sculpting, but that it is done through you and there are no words for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-consequences\">Consequences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With his Minky collection, the artwork makes a statement on the consequences of humans destroying wildlife and the environment, he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the Minky sculptures has her with a rhino calf that lost its mother and what I\u2019m trying to create is a culture that shows consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you think about it, what are the consequences of a rhino mother shot to death?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/lalela-promotes-world-art-day-20240415\" target=\"_blank\">Hout Bay\u2019s Lalela promotes World Art Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculptor creates the message that if wildlife is not protected it will end up a myth, as if it never existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you see it as an adult you think of preserving rhinos for your children and future generations,\u201d says Steyn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m making a statement that if we as humans don\u2019t do what we are supposed to do that sculpture will just be a myth, which is how I use Minky as an agent for nature conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With no formal education in art, Steyn grew up playing in his father\u2019s boutique studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather\u2019s best friend was a painter who suggested my father study art, which he did,\u201d he recalls. \u201cMy father became a boutique artist, and I grew up in a boutique studio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_55aa9df4\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11965\/71ca4c08d42e4918ad1ba16a659fad16.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ee10619eebb242f2bad158f75168ad54.jpg\" title=\"Johan Steyn\u2019s Minky sculptures are well-known. The Minky range depicts a child with various animals with a message behind it such as saving the rhino. PHOTO: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Johan Steyn\u2019s Minky sculptures are well-known. The Minky range depicts a child with various animals with a message behind it such as saving the rhino. PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-engraver\">Engraver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Steyn\u2019s knack for working with different metals and bronze, which he uses for sculpting, comes from his experience working as an engraver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I worked for the Mint (South African Mint Company now known as the South African Reserve Bank) for 13 years, I made sculptures of many coins for many countries,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started at the Mint in 1989 as an engraver apprentice and then I slowly climbed the ranks to chief engraver in 2002.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bronze is, however, a very expensive metal to work with, he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI loved working in metals and that was a nice combination designing coins,\u201d says Steyn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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