Някои от летните ни закачки:
Some of our summer teases:
Заповядайте в ателието ни на ул. Г. Бенковски 25 в Пловдив, Капана:
Welcome to our studio in Plovdiv, Kapana, G. Benkovski Str. No 25:
За поръчки и контакти / Accepting orders at:
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
You can see the results of our latest inspirations in the following photos:
Заповядайте в ателието ни на ул. Г. Бенковски 25 в Пловдив, Капана:
Welcome to our studio in Plovdiv, Kapana, G. Benkovski Str. No 25:
За поръчки и контакти / Accepting orders at:
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
1/ You sponsor local artists, instead of international companies.
And, trust me, they need the money. Supporting local communities is always a good idea. Plus, Christmas is the best time of the year for giving back…
2/ You’ll have a different gift for everybody.
All those friends and relatives, and colleagues! Choosing different gifts for so many people can be a chore sometimes, especially in the era of mass production that we live in. Handmade gifts are the best way to ensure that everybody gets a different gift for Christmas. Even if you buy at the same shop! Handmade gifts eliminate the probability of two people buying the same thing for the same person, as well.
3/ Art is always a good idea!
For a Christmas gift. For any gift, in fact.
4/ Plus, it does not have to be expensive.
Especially, if you compare the prices of handmade gifts to those of fashion clothes and hi-tech products (smart phones, tablets, personal computers). Expensive. Boring. Mass. Production. Being original at a lower price saves money, but it also makes you stand out.
5/ Quality matters.
Speaking in terms of quality, we would never compare a beautiful handmade gift, designed by a skillful hand and made with love, to a mass product, coming out of a Chinese or a Taiwan company by the millions. How do you think, which of the two options shows a more personal attitude?
6/ It’s ecological.
Handmaders rely mostly on reused products for materials. Their craft does not have a negative impact on the environment. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. “Miracles made of paper and waste” is our motto, for example. We do not only create art from stuff that people usually throw away (like spam brochures etc). We teach and inspire environmental thinking (as a way of life) with our work.
7/ It’s a way of saying NO to exploitation!
The expensive brands that you buy at the local mall are usually made by poor people (and sometimes even kids) in poor countries. They work long hours in miserable conditions, they get harsh treatment by their supervisors and they receive minimum wage. Three dollars a day is not a rare example. It’s enough to buy rice, but it is not enough to be a human being. Economists call it “outsourcing”. We call it slavery. Buying handmade gifts for Christmas is a way of saying NO to “profit maximization”, which is usually the synonym for exploitation.
8/ Souvenir is the French word for gift.
When giving a gift, we try to create a lasting memory. Souvenir is the French word for gift. It means “memory”. Handmade gifts are the best way to impress and to be remembered…
9/ The choice is immense!
There are millions of handmaders around the world and every one of them is creating hundreds of unique items that have no replica on this planet. This is what we call “variety”!
10/ And what do you choose for somebody who has it all?
Remember that Art is always a god idea? Well, handmade gifts are probably be the most affordable pieces of Art that you can buy for somebody who has it all…
Merry Christmas!
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative “Kapana Creative District” organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019.
We had an interesting challenge this Halloween – creating a mask for a friend of ours. He wished for Groot from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” . Here is the result:
Paper-mashing was the technique, and for decoration we used natural materials, such as real moss from actual trees:
It was a short deadline for a slow-drying, hard-to-form process, such as paper mashing, but we managed to finish it on time:
Plus, all those kids stopping by our window saying: “Hey, this is Groot!” were priceless indicators that we were doing the right thing and doing it the right way.
Who is Groot, you might ask?
Source: Wikipedia
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative “Kapana Creative District” organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019.
В рамките на тазгодишното издание на фестивала One Architecture Week ще организираме детска работилница по плетене с хартия. Разкривайки тайната на занаята си пред малките, мислим да импровизираме в създаването на различни архитектурни министруктури, като небостъргачи, мостове и кули. Създадените макети ще останат изложени по време на фестивала.
Ще има и лакомства от Barni. 🙂
Работилницата е предназначена за деца над 6 (шест) годишна възраст.
Максималният брой на участниците е 10 (десет).
Записване на: kapana@edno.bg
Датите са 12-ти и 19-ти октомври, от 10 до 12 ч.
Мястото е ул. Г. Бенковски 25, Капана (ателието на GG Sisters)
Повече за работилницата – тук.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
GG Sisters е част от инициативата „Капана – Квартал на творческите индустрии“ на Общинска фондация „Пловдив 2019“ и е в подкрепа на кандидатурата на града за Европейска столица на културата 2019.
През десетото юбилейно издание на Нощта на музеите и галериите (Пловдив) ателието на GG Sisters ще бъде отворено за посетители до късно. Можете да ни откриете на адрес ул. Георги Бенковски 25 в Капана и двете вечери: на 12-ти и 13-ти септември (петък и събота) след 19 часа.
During the tenth anniversary edition of the Night of Museums and Galleries (Plovdiv) GG Sisters’ studio will be open to visitors until late. You can find us both of the evenings at Georgi Benkovski Str. No 25: September 12th and 13th (Friday and Saturday) after 7 p.m.
Welcome! We will be happy to see you there.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative Kapana Creative District organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019 and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European capital of culture 2019.
Please, click on the thumbnails to view full size images:
Моля, кликнете върху иконите, за да видите изображенията в цял размер:
Come see us in Plovdiv, on Georgi Benkovski Str. No 25. Our studio will be open from 11 am to 7 pm every working day.
Студиото ще работи от 11 до 19 ч. , от понеделник до петък. Заповядайте да се видим там. Адресът е ул. Георги Бенковски 25, Пловдив, Капана:
GG Sisters is part of the initiative Kapana Creative District organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019 and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European capital of culture 2019.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GGsisters
Узана Поляна Фест
Дойде времето на дългоочаквания Узана Поляна Фест, 18-19-20 юли 2014, в местността Узана над Габрово. Ще бъдем там с изложба и работилница. Приготвили сме и кратка презентация за екологичните, практическите и креативни приложения на реюзването. Надяваме се да се видим там! Повече за феста от организаторите: тук и тук.
Uzana Polyana Fest
The long awaited Uzana Polyana Fest is approaching – see you on the 19-20-21st of July 2014 in the Uzana area, near the city of Gabrovo, Bulgaria. We will be present with a current exhibition of our craft and we’ll be hosting a workshop. We have also prepared a presentation on the practical, creative and ecological implementations of reusing. More about the fest from our hosts here and here.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GGsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative Kapana Creative District organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019 and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European capital of culture 2019.
* Kapana is the name of a popular district in the city center of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, but it also means “The Trap”, because of its web of beautiful, narrow, walking streets, most of which are one-way streets and/or dead-end streets.
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We present you GG Sisters – their brand is one of the ten winners of a contest, organized by the Municipal Foundation of Plovdiv. This contest is part of the initiative “Kapana – Creative District” and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2019. Winners receive rent-free creative spaces in Kapana District for а year. GG Sisters have their creative space on Georgi Benkovski Str. No 25.
1. Describe yourself and the work you will be doing in Каpana.
Behind the name GG Sisters are me and my sister. Together we devote all оur spare time to our craft – reusing excess paper and turning it into pieces of art. Modern urban population is buried under tons of excess paper: flyers, brochures, catalogs, all kinds of paper spam, old newspapers and magazines, used printing paper, old documents and so on… People throw these things out, but they are treasures for us – priceless materials for our creations! We are inspired by the idea of turning annoying SPAM into beautiful works of art with practical application. We are continuously rediscovering the potential of this material, and thus improving the creative impulse that drives us. There is no greater pleasure than making beauty “from scratch” with your own hands!
This is the main activity that will boil in the studio of GG Sisters in the creative district of Kapana, Georgi Benkovski Str. No 25, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. We are now making the final touches of the interior design of our studio, which is part of the project. The project has given us much needed space for a constant exhibition, where we will be able to meet with our clients, friends and supporters in person. There one can see both finished works and the creative process itself. Local and visiting artists will be presented too.
We continually share our skills and techniques with others, organizing and visiting various art workshops, thereby encouraging the environmental thinking and showing endless ways of reusing materials that most people consider unnecessary. Fortunately, our art enjoys growing acceptance and public popularity. Last year we took part in ten different events, sharing our knowledge, skills and talent to create beauty from reused paper. More information and pictures of our craft can be found in this blog and in our Facebook page.
In May 2014 we took part in the Asenovgrad Feast and the White Stork Festival in Belozem. In June we went to the WakeUp Open Air Festival for the second time. This year’s edition was called “Back to the Roots”. We organized demonstrations and workshops, and we had a current exhibition in two of the three days of the festival.
2. What characterizes Kapana, what associations do you have for it?
If we compare our hometown with a living organism, Kapana is in the vibrant cultural, artistic and creative heart of the city. In our opinion there is no better place in Plovdiv for initiatives like this.
3. Why do you want to work in Kapana?
The place is attractive enough with its location between the Main Street and the Old Town. The neighborhood is characterized by a spirit of historical and cultural heritage. We expect our participation in the initiative of the Foundation to contribute to a permanent establishment of our art on the cultural map of the city.
The attractive location will help, added to our joint efforts with other artists to turn Kapana into the district of creative industries in Plovdiv. Plovdiv is our hometown and Kapana is in its very own heart! To summarize, the district of the creative industries will make our work more accessible and easier to be seen. In return, we will contribute to the initiative and to Plovdiv’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2019 with our growing popularity, with our participation in various activities and events, with our daily online (and bilingual) connectivity with the audiences, with our know-how and skills, with our contacts in the artistic circles, and with our commitment to creativity. We do hope that all these factors will combine in making Kapana and the candidacy of Plovdiv for European Capital of Culture more visible / identifiable on the cultural map of Europe and in the European cultural calendar.
4. How do you imagine Kapana after a year? And in 2019?
Certainly, the diversification of creative activities will help increase the attractiveness of this place for both Bulgarian and foreign visitors. It has emerged as an area with a high concentration of cultural and artistic spaces. In practice, with the launch of the initiative, this is already happening. One such initiative, launched today, will surely lead to the formation of Kapana as the first district of creative industries, which will boost the image of the city itself, combined with its rich cultural and historical heritage. This will add weight to the city’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture.
Joint activities with cultural operators in the district are gradually building up a network of association with other representatives of the creative industries, involving art workshops, festivals and exhibitions. Both our individual and collective efforts, together with the initiatives of the Foundation, and the desire of all of us to develop our creative identities in this place, will add completeness and commitment to our common goals, increasing the chance of success in Plovdiv’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture in 2019. Great successes are achieved in small steps and we have just laid the foundations.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GGsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative Kapana Creative District organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019 and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European capital of culture 2019.
Sometimes a picture is worth more than a thousand words… Just click on the thumbnails for a full size view. Then hit the back button of your browser to return to the gallery:
Coming up next: GG’s Handmade Gifts at Design Bazaar, on 29.06.2014, Magura Str., Kapana, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event is part of One Design Week Plovdiv, 20-29.06.2014.
ggsisters@abv.bg
http://www.facebook.com/ggsisters
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GGsisters
GG Sisters is part of the initiative Kapana Creative District organized by Municipal Foundation Plovdiv 2019 and supports Plovdiv’s candidacy for European capital of culture 2019.
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