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07nov

WonderWood at PAN 2022: Nothing Hotter than Dutch Love

in Agenda , Exhibitions , Exhibitions , Fairs , Instore , Magazine

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 […]
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03apr

The DAAF: First online fair for WonderWood

in Agenda , Exhibitions , Fairs , Instore , Magazine

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 […]
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05nov

Eric Mathijsen: From apprentice to master

in Agenda , Fairs , Instore , Magazine

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 […]
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19okt

Melvin Anderson: Unique vases from Murano

in Fairs , Instore , Magazine , New!

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! […]
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19aug

Optical Illusions by Antonius Driessens

in Agenda , Fairs , Instore , Magazine , New!

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 […]
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06jul

About praying mantises and fishing poles: rare original lamps from the 50s

in Instore , Magazine

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 […]
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01jun

Egmond Atelier and papier-mâché

in Instore , Magazine

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 (with […]
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23apr

Icons of lounge chairs in plywood

in Instore , Magazine

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), […]
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