Soot mainly consists of countless pure carbon molecules. An essential element for life and at the same time one of the main causes of the hothouse effect.


In the oillamp, in which oil is burnt, slowly arises a layer of soot. The lamp gives the possibility to collect the black material and use it as a pigment.

BY EXPLORING THE BORDERS OF THIS COAL-BLACK MATERIAL NEW POSSIBILITIES EVOKE

DEMENTED ARCHETYPICAL OBJECTS

In the movie " Forgotten memory" you step into the world of dementia. An invisible and hidden world is exposed. How look everyday things through the eyes of someone suffering from dementia. How do they experience their environment? What is a teapot if you don’t know what a teapot is?

INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCED, LOCALLY SOURCED FABRICS

Because of the substantial water consumption, the chemical dyes and worldwide transport, the textile industry is a serious pollutant. Jetske Visser had studied new production methods using locally sourced materials. Excess and waste materials from the local industry around National Park the Biesbosch, combined with natural resources, have formed the starting point for the yarns, dyes and new dying techniques. Raw Materials, collection Biesbosch is an industrially produced, locally sourced collection of fabrics.

Yarns and raw materials

the collection

a sketch, collage, photo or a found object somewhere on the street.
These images are a collection of things which inspire me.

in colaboration with Michiel Martens I deconstructed different objects. We revealed as many details as possible and used these to create new images.