Totems & Stacks 1998-2004

Totems & Stacks 1998-2004

Totems & Stacks 1998-2004   Totems give me the same opportunity as murals. They enable me to form a balanced composition with several elements, only now freestanding and...
Murals 1987-2006

Murals 1987-2006

Murals 1987-2006 Every now and then I make a mural. Some of them are commissioned (like ‘I see you’, by internet provider ICU, and ‘Cochenille’ by Deltagen) but most are not. I like the challenge of finding a balanced and interesting...
Studio Girouette 2002

Studio Girouette 2002

My studio is just a roof on pillars but next to it I designed a low-budget, burglar safe, studio apartment, to function as my study and guest room for guest artists of the workshops that I organize on regular base. I had iron sliding doors made; they are safe, cheap,...
Drawings 1997-1998

Drawings 1997-1998

Drawings 1997-1998 Our daughter Cleo was born in 1989 and our son Ian in 1991. Between their second and fifth birthdays they made beautiful drawings that sometimes reminded me of historical cave drawings. In 1996 I got a commission for a series of tiles, and I used my...
Shapes 1990-1997

Shapes 1990-1997

Shapes 1990-1997 In 1993 I built a much bigger (gas) kiln. I wanted to make large pieces and I felt limited by the small kiln I was using since 1981. Only once I had my big kiln, and had made some really large pieces, I realized you are also limited by your own...
Double walled bowls 1988-1990

Double walled bowls 1988-1990

Double walled bowls 1988-1990 Although these bowls could contain something, I do not see them as functional bowls but as objects to look at and to...