Agenda:

Papersculptures @tekenkabinet B&B gallery Amsterdam

April 12th - May 19th 2024

More organics

I am a maker. I have been making objects and drawings for my whole life. Studied at the Academy of Arts in Utrecht, Netherlands my work were objects of wood which showed physical movement and grace stylised in forms which were almost shell like. They showed the overlap between our human physics and nature, and vice versa. Now I work withe the material needed using old techniques. Learned to work with porcelain because of it’s tradition, smooth touch and complicated quality. She has a mind of her own which I find to be an extra for my work.Porcelain shows her own mind in al my pieces

I believe that my role as an artist is to pause the world around me, zoom in, admire it, study it and then show my reality.

Now that our world is being deprived of many organisms and at the same time filled with technological innovations, I long to capture natural beauty. I want to show it’s magic and also create new realities in imperishable and at the same time vulnerable porcelain. I watch, read and learn about our biocultural diversity and let my sense of wonder guide me in my work.

My Corpora are made with the traditional Japanese Nerikomi technique of layered pigmented porcelain that shows the natural line most honestly. It is a laborious technique with a long build-up and labor-intensive post-processing. The Nerikomi base is created in advance and after various firing processes, some porcelain parts are sanded until it has its silky soft, thin skin anda  vulnerable final shape, where other parts are strong, shiny and sharp. The craftsmanship and time-consuming nature of this technique partly determines the shape of my so called “Corpora”.

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