meeting and exchange
Also Nepal is a workplace for me: the ubiquitous handiwork and crafts are an endless source of inspiration.
It started in 2006 with play projects for orphans in eastern Nepal; later I began to experiment with making art and limited-edition products locally along with small businesses and craftspeople.
I use the proceeds of these products to fund the next series of adventurous collaboration projects, with the "felt women", the "embroidery man" and the "paper man" in Kathmandu, or the Mithila-painting women in southern Nepal.
Although the various projects yield beautiful "physical" results, it is the process of collaborating and documenting that matters to me most. Particularly in situations full of communicative limitations, people find each other at the universal interfaces I'm searching for.
Bambi
part of a series of felt animals 2010−2012
in collaboration with the felt ladies of CBA Handicraft
Climbing frame for playground in Duhabi, Nepal
modeled after the unforgettable climbing frame of our old kindergarten
part of play projects in Nepal 2006−2008
Work in progress 2012
part of a series of 10 different large felt blankets
in collaboration with the felt ladies of CBA Handicraft
Vegetable cloth 2010
237 x 142 cm
part of a series of tablecloths on old textiles
in collaboration with Mithila women in Janakpur, Nepal
Doll’s bed and stove for the children of Children’s Home Dharan
in collaboration with the local wood man
part of play projects in Nepal 2006−2008
MoktharAlam, the embroidery man 2012
Let’s lie in the grass and cry for all the terrible misfortune in your life 2012
101,5 X 100 cm
Mokhtar Alam embroidered the grass; the Mithila women embroidered the colored circle in the center and painted the tiny creatures
Mithila women painting butterfly cloth 2012
123 x 123 cm
part of a series of wall hangings about flowers, roots and insects
in collaboration with Mithila women in Janakpur, Nepal
Touch me 2010
felt lady of CBA Handicraft working on the rug Touch me
Pink flower cloth 2012
123 x 123 cm
part of a series of wall hangings about flowers, roots and insects
in collaboration with Mithila women in Janakpur, Nepal
painted from 4 corners by 4 different women, each having her own style, on an old pink tablecloth that belonged to my grandparents
felt blankets 2012
225 x 150 cm
part of a series of 10 different large felt blankets
in collaboration with the felt ladies of CBA Handicraft
Blocks for children in Duhabi, Nepal
in collaboration with the local wood man
part of play projects in Nepal 2006−2008
We parted friends 2013
40 x 40, 45 x 45, 50 x 50, 55 x 55 cm
a new life for 28 old Tamang bags with texts in hand-cut bone lettering
Notebook project
exchange project between Dutch and Nepalese children
part of play projects in Nepal 2006−2008
All inside and all connected 2012
32 X 46 cm, 15-copy edition
boxed book about clashing and harmonizing words in one’s head
various printing techniques on loktah paper; in collaboration with Mr Bhusan, the paper man
