De Watertoren, 2024

(The Water tower)

collaboration with Judith Reijnders, MOSs Social Club & Chant v Lieshout

... and the water said: 'When it rained last time I came to a large reservoir.'

'Oh how nice.' said the rooted, 'then there will be enough water when it's dry again.'

This is the new and improved you, 2024

When it can be done better!

This custom made tree branch is equipped with the best technology. The leaves are replaced with solar panels so this branch can put the sun's energy to actual power.

When it is capturing sunlight it is lighting up LEDs along it's lifelines.

The cyborg tree branch that is just better.

Presented at Open Stals Droomland

This is the new and improved you, 2024

When it can be done better!

This custom made tree branch is equipped with the best technology. The leaves are replaced with solar panels so this branch can put the sun's energy to actual power.

When it is capturing sunlight it is lighting up LEDs along it's lifelines.

The cyborg tree branch that is just better.

A Splitting Treetrunk, 2024

This painting made from sprucewood has traces of the shape the wood had when it was still a tree.

Don't leave - The ripping of an icon, 2024

A last moment with one of my key works.

I hope you stand tall in the memory of many

At ACEC Underground, 2024

What was left over from my experience of this place? A reconstruction by memory a few weeks after I've worked here.

Een Houten Expositie, 2024

(A Wooden Exhibition)

An exhibition about wood. Like a tribute. Wood is fun and easy to work with. It's soft, it's warm, it's natural. It keeps on moving when temperature or humidity change. It's alive. Working with wood is like working together as equal partners.

During this presentation works are presented that give wood the opportunity to be even more like wood. Paintings of OSB, underlayment or Douglas. With stronger colours and scents.

A Wooden Exhibition tells about how we relate to each other. Doing this with with respect for that partner.

Een Houten Expositie, 2024

(A Wooden Exhibition)

An exhibition about wood. Like a tribute. Wood is fun and easy to work with. It's soft, it's warm, it's natural. It keeps on moving when temperature or humidity change. It's alive. Working with wood is like working together as equal partners.

During this presentation works are presented that give wood the opportunity to be even more like wood. Paintings of OSB, underlayment or Douglas. With stronger colours and scents.

A Wooden Exhibition tells about how we relate to each other. Doing this with with respect for that partner.

Een Houten Expositie, 2024

(A Wooden Exhibition)

An exhibition about wood. Like a tribute. Wood is fun and easy to work with. It's soft, it's warm, it's natural. It keeps on moving when temperature or humidity change. It's alive. Working with wood is like working together as equal partners.

During this presentation works are presented that give wood the opportunity to be even more like wood. Paintings of OSB, underlayment or Douglas. With stronger colours and scents.

A Wooden Exhibition tells about how we relate to each other. Doing this with with respect for that partner.

Een Houten Expositie, 2024

(A Wooden Exhibition)

An exhibition about wood. Like a tribute. Wood is fun and easy to work with. It's soft, it's warm, it's natural. It keeps on moving when temperature or humidity change. It's alive. Working with wood is like working together as equal partners.

During this presentation works are presented that give wood the opportunity to be even more like wood. Paintings of OSB, underlayment or Douglas. With stronger colours and scents.

A Wooden Exhibition tells about how we relate to each other. Doing this with with respect for that partner.

Een Houten Expositie, 2024

(A Wooden Exhibition)

An exhibition about wood. Like a tribute. Wood is fun and easy to work with. It's soft, it's warm, it's natural. It keeps on moving when temperature or humidity change. It's alive. Working with wood is like working together as equal partners.

During this presentation works are presented that give wood the opportunity to be even more like wood. Paintings of OSB, underlayment or Douglas. With stronger colours and scents.

A Wooden Exhibition tells about how we relate to each other. Doing this with with respect for that partner.

OSB everywhere, 2024

Sheets of wallpaper to transform every surface into that lovely sheets of oriented strand board!

With help from KNUST riso print shop

The perfect Cube, 2024

I found this imperfect cube at a construction site. I let it dry. made it perfect.

But it doesn't want to be. Still showing some form of being alive. It is still working and making itself imperfect.

The Nerves, 2024

Balancing on that small branch there...

When Weathered (small), 2024

Both steel and wood react on wind and rain. Steel gets rusty, while wood curls.

Blue Timber, 2024

A painting of spruce planks that are flattened with some fillers, showing all it's unique imperfections.

Hanging on a wall that's made through pouring concrete into a wooden formwork the painting is showing off against the imperfections of the wood that has been.

The People, 2024

A painting of a plywood sheet made of poplar wood.

Poplar is a tree that was quite popular in midwestern Europe late 19th century up to halfway 20th century. It’s a tree that grows straight up, grows really fast and doesn’t splinter much. Perfect for building quickly. It was so suiting for the time that extensive programs unrolled to ‘better’ the tree even further.

Although it lost a lot of it’s appeal lately, it might become more popular again in the near future, since the now-standard wood (spruce) could be having troubles adjusting to dryer climates.

The latin name for this type of tree is populus, which translate to both the people as refers to popular.

When Weathered, 2023-2024

Both steel and wood react on wind and rain. Steel gets rusty, while wood curls.

Shown in A Houten Expositie (A wooden exhibition) at ACEC

Stem Wijzer, 2023

In search of a better election process and thus a better democracy.

During election day in 2023 I offered voters and extra opportunity to vote with an alternative system as well. At this booth you were able to vote for two parties; one with a positive vote, one with a negative.

Trail Drawings, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

Visiting a place I’ve been a year ago and making drawings of the trail.

A follow up on Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang.

Unironed, 2023

A crooked version of a wooden H-profile. This kind of profile is often a steel limb used in constructions like factory halls and tall buildings. The H-shape makes it light and sturdy.

at Hubert

OSB sunset, 2023

A painting of shapes that are present in it's own surface. Some of the reliefs are manually made, but the clear texture of OSB really shines.

A Painting of Douglas, 2023

A painting of shapes that are present in it's own surface.  The texture of the Douglas wood is exaggerated by the contrasting blue colours, while the deep reddish fuchsia shows the imperfections of the original plank.

Cluedo, 2023

This tower is all that's left from an old textile factory in Almelo. This tower was given by the employees to  the employer by setting aside 5 cts per worker on a weeks salary. (Around 20 euros by todays standards)

The towers proportions seem a little strange to me. The ornaments and clocks suggests a way taller tower. And than there is that hidden upper floor that gives space to something unknown... Better investigate. Let's go up.

at Kunsttorentjes  / Nieuwe Twentse Kunst

Cluedo, 2023

Pieces of a spiraling staircase  and a box on the floor filled with  coins of 5 cents.

Cluedo, 2023

Pieces of a spiraling staircase  and a box on the floor filled with  coins of 5 cents.

Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

This statue was made in the 11th century and depicted Mary with child. In the 17th century the head of both Mary and the child were replaced by new heads. This time showing saint Machutus and a disabled child.

This act became a centerpoint to the project Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang. In search of both physical borders and guidelines, aswell as mental differences between ourselves.

During the Wildtuin at circa...dit I had the chance to work with Carel Lanters on a project with the focus on the process. The result was shown at the circa...dit exhibition space and consisted of several works about a beheaded saint, a river, borders and relics.

Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

These images were made through a collaboration (Carel and myself)  In one which one of us made the head, while the other made the body.

This is a great example of how two makers can influence each other and steer into a direction where none of us would go on our own.

During the Wildtuin at circa...dit I had the chance to work with Carel Lanters on a project with the focus on the process. The result was shown at the circa...dit exhibition space and consisted of several works about a beheaded saint, a river, borders and relics.

Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

While walking through the borderregion of the Netherlands and Germany  we found a tree trunk that stood out. It was cut down a while back and the remains were slowly rotting away. The result was a strange mix between a circular and rectangle form and we thought the trunk could add to the process. When we brought it to the studio and put it upside down we saw the statue of Machutus in it.

To protect the remains of saints it was common to put these relics into holders. That's why we  made a plaster relicholder that's opened up.

During the Wildtuin at circa...dit I had the chance to work with Carel Lanters on a project with the focus on the process. The result was shown at the circa...dit exhibition space and consisted of several works about a beheaded saint, a river, borders and relics.

Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

In Emmerich we saw a lot of original relic holders that in turn were also made in steps through time, just like Saint Machutus. A lot of the times the holders were made of glass that was from one era and then later the attachments or details were added that made it into a relic holder.

During the Wildtuin at circa...dit I had the chance to work with Carel Lanters on a project with the focus on the process. The result was shown at the circa...dit exhibition space and consisted of several works about a beheaded saint, a river, borders and relics.

Das Wasser fließt der Grenze entlang, 2023

collaboration with Carel Lanters

An overview of the exhibition. The presentation consisted of 3 sculptures, a video, projections a soundscape and a lot of smaller relic holders.

During the Wildtuin at circa...dit I had the chance to work with Carel Lanters on a project with the focus on the process. The result was shown at the circa...dit exhibition space and consisted of several works about a beheaded saint, a river, borders and relics.