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Ter Apel

News photo of refugee centre Ter Apel turned into tapestry, made out of tens of thousands donated buttons, all embroidered by hand. 250x285cm. 2023.

Rutte

Portrait of Mark Rutte, embroidered buttons on black velvet, 100x148cm. 2023.

War Flags: Palestine

Flag of Palestine made with embroidered buttons on mesh, wooden and aluminum frame. 40x85cm. 2024.

War Flags: Ukraine

Flag of Ukraine made with embroidered buttons on mesh, wooden and aluminum frame. 45x75cm. 2024.

War Flags: Syria

Flag of Syria made with embroidered buttons on mesh, wooden and aluminum frame. 45x75cm. 2024.

Walther 2.0

Handgun replica made out of glass beads, gold beads, pearls, crystal beads and Swarovski crystals. 23x30cm. Not true to size. 2023.

Ben je ongesteld, of zo?

This work is part of a series where I am going to integrate common replies in Dutch on sexist or other inappropriate behaviour into kitsch tapestries, with an embroidery-style rose in the middle. I started working on these tapestries during the large #metoo scandal on The Voice of Holland.

Het ergste moet nog komen

The artwork "Het ergste moet nog komen" by Schopenhauer is a striking commentary on the rise of right-wing extremism and fascism in the Netherlands. Made from gold-plated handwoven beads and featuring Fraktur script, it reflects on history’s dark chapters. The quote is a chilling reminder of potential consequences in today’s political climate.

Hij bedoelde het vast niet zo

The artwork "Hij bedoelde het vast niet zo" addresses dismissive responses to inappropriate behavior, often heard when confronting sexism. Part of a series inspired by the #MeToo scandal, it incorporates these all-too-common phrases into kitsch tapestries, blending them with traditional embroidery-style roses.

Molotov Cuddles

Aren't these stuffed Molotov cocktail toys the cutest?There are three types of Molotov Cuddles, each are available in an edition of three plus one. So that's twelve softies in total!Varying sizes, ranging up from 28 to 35cm tall.

Trump no.1, 2, 3, 4

Trump to me is like a car crash: you don't want to look, but you have to. I turned one of his press photos into something else with 6700 glass and metal beads per tapestry.

¥€$ (Yen Euro Dollar)

Back in art school in 2011 I discovered that you could make words with the currency symbols on your computer keyboard. And then I found out Yen, Euro and Dollar together made the word 'YES'. Of course a ton of others already found out about this, but I still decided to make a small work on the subject.

Sending Thoughts and Prayers

The phrase "thoughts and prayers" is often used by officials and celebrities in the United States as a condolence after a tragic event, such as a deadly natural disaster.

Radium Girls

The Radium Girls were factory workers in the 1920s who contracted radium poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous, radioactive paint.

Korean Promises

Korean PromisesHand-sewn tapestry, 225x145cm, organza, nylon sewing thread, acrylic tube. Made for the exhibition CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE at In De Ruimte, Ghent (BE).

Soft Series: Brass Knuckles

As part of the Soft Series I made hand-sewn satin brass knuckles. On the inside there's a lead rope filling, so the knuckles keep their shape. The photos above and below are available as prints on aluminum.

Soft Series: P7

As part of the Soft Series I made a hand-sewn replica of the Heckler&Koch P7 gun. The gun is made out of satin and filled with sesame seeds and dried lavender, just to add some scent. The photos above and below are available as prints on aluminum.

Soft Series: Naval Mine

As part of the Soft Series and as part of my artist-in-residence at Kunsthal45, Den Helder I made a partially hand-sewn scale 1:1 transparant naval mine. The mine is made from transparant rainbow organza, transparant busks and multi-coloured nylon sewing thread.

DPRK

In August 2014 I travelled to North Korea to see what the North Korean ideal looked like, the ideal that's always presented to tourists and other visitors. I was wondering if some of the things you hear about North Korea in Western media and society would shimmer through the veil of perfection every now and then.

Soft Series: The AK

This piece is a follow-up of the Walther Plush5 gun I made for Festival De Basis in 2014 in which I took the attributes of the crochet guns to the extreme. More fleshy pink, more softness, more uselessness…

Funny Games

I designed two games for the radio show, games which promoted negative behaviour amongst its players. The games were designed to make its players act mean and unfair against their contestants.

Rogier

For this project I followed someone who shared so much about himself online, that it was possible to base a novel on it. Through a random search query on Twitter I found the 17-year-old Rogier Hogervorst and followed him for three months on Twitter and Instagram, from the 1st of April until the 30th of June.

Walther Plush5

The Walther Plush5 is a stuffed toy handgun; a crochet replica of the Walther P5, one of the current handguns of the Dutch police force.

Dr. Pill

Dr. Pill is a pill that embodies the solution to all problems, ailments and diseases a person can imagine. The pill itself is composed of different medicines gathered via the internet;

24H

24H is a real time film with a duration of twenty-four hours in which a woman is followed for exactly one day in everything she does.