Medium: Paper; Website Size: 200mm booklet; 440 x 330mm prints Collation: Three part: Zine, print and online Technique: Digital print; Linocut Edition: Print on demand
Theme(s): isiZulu; Learning; Language
Place publication: Johannesburg Publisher: Siyafunda Exhibition 2017
Reference note: Making Siyafunda: isiZulu happened between February 2015 and November 2015. 25 Combinations of animals representing each letter on the Zulu alphabet were illustrated. The illustrations where linocut and printed.
With Siyafunda: isiZulu, the phonetics of the Zulu language take precedence over the alphabetical order of the names of the animals. Assonance and alliteration are important themes throughout the book. These aspects come in handy when children have to distinguish between C, Q and X sounds in the Zulu alphabet. It's easier for children to remember the words through the power of association. Siyafunda: isiZulu makes learning isiZulu beautiful and easy for the children.
Siya illustrated the images using the 'negative and positive space' method. This is to influence the viewer to create parts of the image out of imagination.
Three-part presentation: Zine, print and online
200 x 130mm (booklet) 440 x 330mm(prints)
Access the online zine by clicking the link below.
Exhibition notes: ‘Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artist's Books’.