Colourful patchwork composed of snippets of packaging material. Using prints from food boxes, a composition was made of snippets with partly readable and recognisable advertising texts. Around a portrait, images of traditional viking motifs have been added. The patchwork is partly physical, created with scissors and cardboard, but also digital. The work invites you to explore recognisable details. The large quantity and diversity of packaging show excessive prosperity, while the use of this material seen as waste as a medium for art shows how little it takes to achieve art.
Retired teacher practice (technique, wood, reproduction) for people with intellectual disabilities and part time artist. Own work consists of a rich collection of objects, usually made from recycled material, usually seen as waste. The own website work shows work from bicycle tires, plastic bottles, .. Read more…