Standing drawings by Jeroen Henneman
Jeroen Henneman can draw in space. His sculptures work like drawings, but they are sculptures. Henneman: ‘The lines and drawings on spotless paper sometimes seemed to float in space in my mind. Then I thought: If I saw those lines out of wooden sheet material, each…
Special offer! – Coffeepots by Klaas Gubbels
Always wanted a Gubbels on your wall? This is your chance! We now have a special offer on three works by Klaas Gubbels! These brightly colored coffeepots are made of painted cardboard and beautifully framed in wood. These fun works of art were made in 1993 and…
Optical Illusions by Antonius Driessens
Ton (Antonius) Driessens is a Dutch artist who lives and works in France, not far from Nîmes. His trompe-l’oeil (literally: deceive the eye) objects are made of weathered, often centuries-old wood that comes from empty old castles. The objects suggest to be…
Egmond Atelier and papier-mâché
Jaap Egmond (1913-1997), like his world-famous colleague Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994), made reliefs in papier-mâché. The French term papier-mâché literally means chewed paper. Jaap Egmond approached his reliefs mathematically. Beforehand he made drawings in notebooks…
Icons of lounge chairs in plywood
The French word ‘plier’ means to fold. The English word ‘ply’ means layer. Plywood literally means layers of wood. The word plywood is a collective name for furniture that consists of sheets of thin layers of wood (veneer), which are glued together and then bent,…
About praying mantises and fishing poles: rare original lamps from the 50s
The famous praying mantis lamp is a French design by Jean Rispal from 1950. This lamp, also known as the ‘mante religieuse’ lamp, is inspired by the shapes of a praying mantis. The stand is made of walnut and the lampshade is made of pleated rhodoid. Each…