2017 Zanotti Calendar
As mentioned in the article of June ( read ), also 2017 Zanotti Calendar will be illustrated by me, and also this year the proceeds from sales will be donated to non-profit Soleterre. The Calendar will also be translated and printed in Japanese.
I can finally tell you in more detail the common thread that I wanted to choose this year, considering that I had to give space to the ideas already expressed: Children, World, Animals, Food. The risk was as always, and every year more, to lapse into banality.
So I decided to illustrate the most famous fairy tales, setting them in other places than the original ones. I then wanted to include in each image a product of the Earth as a symbol of something that travels from month to month and from continent to continent, while remaining cool in time and within everyone’s reach, which is the policy of Zanotti.
And the product that instinctively I imagined, wanting to remain connected to the fairytale theme and the idea of unity and whole, was the apple. So the apple is the fruit of Snow White, but also the forbidden fruit for Adam and Eve / Hansel and Gretel, is the apple of William Tell that doubles as Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes. It is the apple of the Little Mermaid, her voice she’ll donate to the Goddess of the Sea, but it is also the fruit that my Rapunzel prefers instead of turnips.
Starting from a European forest, the journey of 2017 winds through the deserts of Africa, the Arab Suq, a lake in China and the Amazon forest, from tropical islands, the American prairies and Siberian forests. The real stars, however, remain children, always accompanied by animal friends, from the different areas of the world: horses, frogs, tigers and bears, fishes and whales, moose and wolves and so on, in continuous interaction with each others.
To order a copy please email to sandra@sandracaleffi.com or in response to this article. It will be my pleasure to respond with all the necessary info. Or you can directly click on Zanotti website.
The open calendar measures 35x70cm, it is to hang and printed on matte cardboard.
Below the previews of all the months and October, to stay on with this time…
Mariapia Picillo
October 5, 2016Ciao Sandra, sono Mariapia ed ho gia’ acquistato alcune tue creazioni. Lavoro alla Sinflora e vorrei comprare il tuo calendario 2017. Sempre belli i tuoi progetti! Fammi sapere, per cortesia, come fare. Cari saluti.
sandra
October 7, 2016Ciao Mariapia,
è un piacere sentirti!
Il Calendario costa 10€ di cui 8.5 andranno in beneficenza a SoleTerre Onlus.
Se mi fai sapere quando posso trovarti a Sinflora, potrei passare a portartelo io (meglio di sabato) oppure mi sembra di ricordare che tua sorella sta in zona San Lazzaro giusto?
Se non ci incastriamo, se posso lo porto a lei.
Grazie mille e a presto!
Giorgio Grillini
October 17, 2016Bellissime illustrazioni!
sandra
October 17, 2016Grazie Giorgio
Maria Giovanna
December 6, 2016È possibile acquistarlo on line ???
sandra
December 19, 2016Certamente, le mando mail, grazie!
sandracaleffi Illustration
April 16, 2019[…] 2017 Zanotti CalendarFor 2017 the fairytales are the main character of each month, but they are set in a different place than the original ones. The only common detail is an apple (strong symble in the fairytale scenario) moving from a month to the other and passing from an hand to the otherMore details here […]