Pencil works are usually artistically beautiful especially when done on a nice material. This pencil work was done by me some few days ago. I named it traditional stretch mat as I saw it recently in my locality. the base was made with palm branch and raft and the inside was made with a twine rapped as a mat. I was told that the stretch have been over a 100 years ago, and argued that modern stretchers was copied from it. At first when I saw two men dragging the object I wondered what it will be used for and marveled at such simple yet attention drawing object. I wanted to see what it so made of an what it is use for so I followed behind at a point, I was forced to ask the carriers what it is use for and how the design comes to be.
I have seen so many stretchers over the years but non as unique and artistically inclined like the one on the pencil work it made me feel proud of our local at works and craftsmanship and how much will can contribute to spreading such lovely artifacts to different cultures and environment.
The tale or story behind the local traditional stretch may have happened a long time ago but still available today. it has made my creativity come alive via pencil works and still drawings. I might not know about people opinion regarding such object, or what makes a good pencil work come alive but am certain that little drawings like this can write history and share it globally through #Hive.
