PHOTO: David Ross | DOODLE ART: Paris B
At Kong restaurant in Paris, deputy editor Annemarie Meintjes spied an inspired display of old picture frames and hurried home to doodle up her own.
“I have a storeroom full of beautiful old frames picked up at charity shops and church bazaars,” says Annemarie, “but I never find the right pictures to fit them or to justify the re-framing costs. On my recent visit to Paris I had dinner at Kong restaurant, where – on the walls of the new smoking room – Philippe Starck simply hung empty frames with random black and white images doodled onto the glass. I loved it!”
To get the look, use a black waterproof koki pen and Plascon’s white grouting pen to draw, write and scribble on the glass of old picture frames. Rope in family and friends and, if you don’t like the result, or are ready for a change, simply remove your doodles with benzine or turpentine. Decide on a composition for your frames and hang them as a fun display of home-grown creativity.
