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Grete Jalk Chair in Exhibition Centraal Museum: ‘Stoel neemt Stelling’
The exhibition 'Stoel neemt stelling' can be seen in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht from September 23, 2023. The exhibition is an ode to the chair. Makers and users show the many forms and meanings of this piece of furniture. From revolutionary production methods and...
WonderWood at PAN 2022: Nothing Hotter than Dutch Love
WonderWood is celebrating this autumn (the 23rd anniversary) in the gallery as well as at the PAN fair. For its 13th PAN, WonderWood has invited 13 designer and artist friends for Nothing Hotter than Dutch Love. The title comes from a work by artist Mark Brusse....
The DAAF: First online fair for WonderWood
WonderWood will present a selection of 21 works of art and design at the online art fair The DAAF! Thursday 7 April 2022 the 2nd edition of The DAAF, The Online Dutch Art & Antiques Fair opens at 16.00 hrs CET. The fair closes at Sunday April 10 at 21.00 hrs CET....
Eric Mathijsen: From apprentice to master
It's a beautiful story. Eric Mathijsen worked as a young artist for Jaap Egmond (1913-1997). Jaap Egmond (as well as contemporary Jan Schoonhoven) is known for his papier-mâché reliefs. But Jaap Egmond also made sculptures from steel and Mathijsen cut and welded the...
Melvin Anderson: Unique vases from Murano
Melvin Anderson is a gifted and renowned glass designer. Especially for Wonderwood, Melvin has designed 5 unique transparent vases with a beautiful opalescent shine. Some of these vases are no less than 45 cm high! It is a small miracle that master glassblower Andrea...
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...
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 praying...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Heartwarming coffee pots by Klaas Gubbels
Klaas Gubbels (Rotterdam, January 19, 1934) has painted coffee pots and tables for over 65 years. He says about this: "Whoever has nothing to say keeps thinking up something new, whoever has something to say keeps repeating it all his life." This recognizability and...