thula baba, thula sana

Haidee Nel

 

Materials:

Storm-felled Yellowwood

(South Africa’s National Tree),

Poly-marble, glass marble eyes.

80cm H x 40cm D x 20cm W

Limited Edition 1/82

026

 

The crocodile plays with Marigolds. The crocodile cries when it eats. The crocodile is only my shadow. There's a fork in the river! “I’m not afraid anymore.”, I whisper “Let me sing you a lullaby, dream you a little dreamer, hold you little tighter. The rougher the storm, the tighter I’ll hold you. The rougher the storm, the tighter I’ll hold you. Thula Thula Baba Thula Sana. Slaap sag my soetpatat, slaap sag.”