By Chris Marais & Julienne du Toit
The late Jan Schoeman, AKA Outa Lappies, was a ramshackle philosopher-artist who inspired travellers from all over the globe.
With his gnarled hands he fashioned little carts, coaches and cryptic signs out of recycled glass and tin. His glinting outsider artworks would catch the eye of passing motorists, many of them foreign tourists, who would then stop, chat and purchase his creations.
When we met Outa Lappies on the Prince Albert road he had built a large bottle-and-cement wall at the entrance to a farm called Botterkraal.
His central philosophy, taught him by his sheep-shearer father, was this:
“Every day, make something out of nothing.”
In , Outa Lappies was voted Tourism Personality of the Year. He used to keep this framed award displayed under a thorn tree near his work space.
His festooned hand cart stood a few metres away. There was a time when an incredibly strong, younger version of Outa Lappies harnessed himself into that cart and dragged it way across the Great Karoo.
“I have eaten the main meal of my life,” said Outa. “Now I’m living on pudding – I’m outspanned.”
For many years, on his daughter’s birthday, he would
Outa Lappies does it again
You can't miss Outa Lappies. Lappies (real name Jan Schoeman) is a Karoo artist who foots it around the country swaddled in quilted (thus the "lappies" sobriquet) kit and cloak. Billed by some as a living legend, Lappies' work is made up of lantern houses and wagons made from poker-work, crushed tins, broken coloured glass, rusty nails, wire and wooden sticks, as well as colourful tapestries onto which he has recorded thoughts and images. The quirky artist is known as much for his creations as by the credos he lives by. One of these is to plough whatever he can back into the community. Which is why he has been making annual cash donations to UCT for the past few years. This year he made an eye-catching stop - his wardrobe is a showstopper - at the university, handing over his annual gift and a collection of his handiwork to vice-chancellor Professor Njabulo Ndebele. These pieces will go on sale at an upcoming year anniversary celebration, the money going to UCT coffers.
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