Vir Anita Volschenk van Despatch, diereliefhebber en versamelaar, is die maak en restourasie van poppe een van die groot vreugdes in haar lewe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elke pop wat op haar werktafel beland is \u2019n suksesstorie. Deur haar kreatiwiteit en kunstige vakmanskap blaas sy nuwe lewe in verwaarloosde speelgoed en skep en herskep sy een na die ander unieke pop op \u2019n slag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is op hierdie manier dat Anita gestalte gee aan die nostalgie van popspeel, haar liefde vir kinders en die bittersoet herinneringe aan haar kindertyd. Anita se belangstelling in poppe kom \u2013 soos vir die meeste mense \u2013 al van kleintyd af aan, maar haar liefde vir poppe het haar reg deur haar lewe bygebly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het steeds my Baby Angel pop, my heel eerste splinternuwe babapop wat ek as \u2019n kind gekry het,\u201d vertel sy, maar dit is maar net een van die vele poppe wat deel uitmaak van haar uitgebreide persoonlike versameling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die selfaangeleerde, praktiese vaardighede en tegnieke wat sy aan die dag l\u00ea het tot gevolg dat die poppe wat sy regmaak keer op keer opnuut onder haar hande tot hul vorige glorie herstel word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy werk fyn en sekuur en die liefde en deernis waarmee sy haar opknappingswerk doen, skemer sterk deur wanneer sy oor haar stokperdjie gesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWanneer ek aan \u2019n pop werk is dit amper asof ek vir \u2019n persoon \u2019n nuwe lewe gee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sommige poppe ondergaan inderdaad \u2019n merkwaardige gedaanteverwisseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEerstens, voordat ek begin, haal ek die pop heeltemal uitmekaar, was en maak al die stukkies deeglik skoon, sorteer en begin dan stuk vir stuk regmaak, een pop op \u2019n slag.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anita werk aan porseleinpoppe en poppe gemaak van sellulo\u00efed, vroe\u00eb sintetiese plastiek, wat dateer vanuit 1900 tot en met die 1950s. Sy het ook al composition<\/em> poppe gerestoureer \u2013 bestaande uit houtsaagsels en gom \u2013 wat gedurende 1920\u20131940 vervaardig en verkoop is, sowel as plastiek Kewpie poppe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit is \u2019n hele proses om byvoorbeeld porseleinpoppe reg te maak. Soms gee mense my die pop in stukke of ek bestel popledemate uit Pretoria. Ek gebruik lugdro\u00eb modelleringsklei om plekkies op te vul en krake reg te maak. Somtyds is dit nodig om spuitskuim te gebruik om ledemate mee op te vul. Daarna werk ek die oppervlak af tot dit mooi glad is. En dan word daar geverf en die oppervlak vernis vir beskerming en \u2019n gladde tekstuur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWanneer dit kom by die composition<\/em> poppe is dit ook \u2019n redelike proses. Oor die jare heen in party gevalle raak di\u00e9 poppe se houtlyfies bros en is geneig om te kraak. In daardie geval moet \u2019n mens eers die verflaag afhaal en soms \u2019n paar keer opvul waar nodig. Ek gebruik \u2019n verse\u00eblaar, industri\u00eble gom en vernis met \u2019n glansafwerking, wat diepte gee en die warmte van die kleure uitbring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit is duidelik dat niks Anita se aandag ontgaan nie. Die sleutel tot sukses skuil baie maal in die details en die fyner besonderhede. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk koop ook die hare, ogies, wimpers en wenkbroue aan. My man het vir my \u2019n klein stukkie gereedskap gemaak wat ek gebruik om die ogies en van die ander los items mee in te sit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Menige male maak Anita nuwe klere vir die poppe en ander bykomstighede, maar die hekel- en breiwerk los sy vir \u2019n vriendin van haar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk sal myself so vasknoop in die wolle dat ek sal moet stoei om myself daar uit te kry,\u201d lag sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anita se versameling en handewerk dien as \u2019n konneksie met ander. Vriende en familie is altyd op die uitkyk vir interessanthede vir haar en sy put inspirasie uit ander se versamelings, advies en wenke. Deur die jare het sy al heelwat van haar poppe aan spesiale mense geskenk, soos haar eerste Reborn pop wat sy aangeskaf en later aan \u2019n vriendin gegee het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In vandag se moderne era, gekenmerk deur \u2019n weggooimentaliteit, is dit verblydend om mense te ontmoet wat nuwe lewe gee aan ou items en \u2019n spesiale verhouding smee met die materiale en items waarmee hul werk. Met vaardigheid, sorg en eindelose geduld, bring die vele transformasies wat sy teweeg bring nuwe moontlikhede en kring uit op allerlei positiewe maniere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSomtyds sien ek my werk met die poppe as troospryse vir die verliese in \u2019n mens se lewe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n En so bring Anita se handewerk terapie \u2013 vir haarself, sowel as vir ander \u2013 en daaruit spruit keer op keer nuwe hoop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vir Anita Volschenk van Despatch, diereliefhebber en versamelaar, is die maak en restourasie van poppe een van die groot vreugdes in haar 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