What exactly is a Selected Creative? It’s a one small seed initiative that takes talented, local artists and provides them with a platform to show their work. A Selected Creative needs to offer something fresh and intriguing in terms of technique, concept and execution. This week we are excited to present our newest Selected Creative, Wilma Britz. Read on to learn more about why Wilma was selected and what her work is all about. To make sure you stand a chance at being a Selected Creative, join onesmallseed.net today and upload your top creative work.

Awesome Winter Swim

Awesome Winter Swim

When artist Wilma Britz found herself with a pair of scissors and a collection of images in her hometown of Overberg, something just felt right. As a talented creator of collages, Wilma’s work mashes nostalgic book images and recycles them into incredible works of art that we just love. One of our favourite creations is ‘Little Tribute to Die Antwoord’. Why Die Antwoord? Wilma explains, ‘Just like everyone else, I sat in awe when I saw Enter the Ninja for the very first time. Yo!landi is so aesthetically pleasing. There was no way to resist. Ninja too.’ On a more personal level, Wilma says that at that time, she was struggling as an artist and related to Die Antwoord’s message of never giving up, rejoicing in their unlikely success. So, after getting her hands on a Rolling Stone magazine that featured Die Antwoord, she started collaging the South African zef rappers into her work as a tribute to her new found hope.

When it comes to finding inspiration, Wilma says that simply being a woman brings a lot of ideas, ‘Inspiration coming from experiencing this life in the feminine form on earth and relating to a dreamlike state of wonder of the galactic mystery that surrounds us’. Look out for Wilma’s future projects, which include turning some of her collages into stained glass mosaics. See more of Wilma’s work here.

Winds of War

Winds of War

Yo!Landi

Yo!Landi

Earth's Fucked. We're Off to Space.

Earth’s Fucked. We’re Off to Space.

Ice Age Waddy

Ice Age Waddy

Wrap Like a Parrot Sing LIke a Bird

Wrap Like a Parrot Sing LIke a Bird

Wandering ...

Wandering …

Yolandi in Pretoria

Yolandi in Pretoria

Pretty cool eh? Check out more of Wilma’s incredible collages taken from her albums ‘These Days‘, ‘Daydreaming by Night‘ and ‘Little Tribute to Die Antwoord‘ in the gallery below: