Sea Trophy, Zee Trofee

THE DIVER,

He is the lonely but determined discoverer
of fairy tales and nightmares from another world, the world under water.
The silence is deafening.
Floating between above and below, wrestling with air and water.
He is under water but never forever.
His meters are is his anchors to the other world.
Time becomes vague and air becomes scarce.
He tries to catch the world in trophies.
Once back to the surface the magical silence transforms into a fanstasy.
Jewelry made in april 2007

Garden jewel

This jewel is made not to wear, it's made to give it back to nature and let nature do it's thing. Then after a while you will see plants and flowers growing in the form of the jewel you put down. It's made from water resolvable fabric seeds and cotton thread.
made in 2006

disappea-ring

This ring has the purpose of not always being visable. It depends in what angle you look at the ring. I designed and made both stone and ring. The stone is made from resin and mother-of-pearl, the ring is constructed out of silver. Made in 2005

voorleesdeken, reading blanket

This blanket is based on the personal bond between parent and child while reading. The blanket has two sets of arms. Two adult sized sleeves at the corners, and in between two smaller sized sleeves. This way the child sits in the lap of the parent while listening to a story.
It was designed and made in 2005

my inspiration

The next two photos are collages I made for inspiration. The collages are made with things from my own collection.

throw away necklace

I made this design for a necklace in 2005 for an assignment. My goal was to give selflessly. I thought about the surroundings we see, there often very empty and sad. For that I created a necklace that is designed to gradually disappear. The little bags are made from resolvable fabric they have different kind of seeds in them. My thought behind it was that if you see an empty or deserted place that you think would looked nicer with plants or flowers. you would put down a small bag with a seed in it. And if you return after a while you would see that the spot were you put your little bag down a plant or flower will grow. The real necklace i haven't been able to photograph but with time you will find a nice picture there.

paper babe

The next project was made for an assignment. The assignment was very simple, make a paper construction around a naked body. I started just working. Letting the material guiding the direction. It eventually grew and got bigger and bigger till it covert almost the whole body. My fascination went for the light transparency trough the paper and the amount of layers. I liked how the piece worked together with the naked body, making very subtle colors en shades. It was made in 2006 with pattern making paper. Special thanks to the model.

hats with no brim

These two hats I made in a short course in 2005. It was very nice to do something very different. My thought behind these hats were that I wanted to make a hat that was made from one piece. Usually hats are made in two parts, the head compartment and the brim. I also wanted to make a hat that would not have a very new look. I wanted it to be rather old fashioned with a new touch to it (it being smooth and from one piece). This was proving to be rather difficult. I realized that hats have brims for a reason. But after a lot of effort I made it work. I took a model that would really bring out the character of the hat.

temporary broken green

this art project was something very close to my hart. I always like to experience nature. Not just from a photo or a postcard. I also don't like to walk on the path that everyone walks. So usually when I come home from a "walk" I'm rather green myself! On one of my so called walks in 2005 I made this piece in an impulse. I had my camera with me, and I took some pictures from it. The beautiful green from the algae was just amazing! I called it temporary broken green (tijdelijk gebroken groen) because the stone I put the shells on was near to the water. And when the tide came in, it took the shells with it. The piece existed just for a few hours. That I think is the extra beautiful thing about it.





A few months later I read the newspaper and saw that there was an competition called "mijn kunst" (my art) that gave self-taught artists a opportunity to show their skills. I decided to join the competition and to my own surprise, I got trough to the final group! I did not win the contest but because I was within the final group it also included that I would join an exhibition.




After the exhibition was past I got a letter from the institute were the exhibition was held, asking if I would want to join a sale and exhibition day, were I could show and sell my work.



I said yes and It turned out to be a good day. I even sold some work. So at the end of it, it was good to send in my green adventure photo!

wound up

I made these two brooches in a short course named "jewelry without metal". The name says it all, in this course we were forbidden to work with every kind of metal. I made a brooch in the form of a small cloud. This little cloud is made of stuffing to make it soft and a lot of sewing thread to give it a bit more refinement.



I also made a brooch that looks a bit like a piece of blood coral. It was made from wool and stuffing.