Metamorphosis

For this collection I focussed on integrating natural materials in which the fragile feeling I was looking for was already present. Fragileness and tenderness are characteristics of each living organism in nature. When animals and plants die, they leave behind matter which still reminisces of their beauty. I started applying these materials and shapes in my work. When designing, I always started with one specific object around which I tried to weave a story by combining it with other materials, colours and text.

This collection was presented in gallery Hipotesi in Barcelona in may 2008.

Photos ©Ulrike Van Pottelbergh
Inner garden
gold, thread, horn, hematite
Inner garden
gold, thread, horn, hematite
On top of the world
seed, leather, silver, thread
Still of the night
bones, granate, thread, silver
Still of the night
bones, granate, thread, silver
Sea seeds & Black seeds
latex, silver, shell, hematite, pearls
Sea seeds
latex, pearls, silver, shell, silk wire
Black seeds
Black seeds
latex, silver, hematite, silk wire
Black seeds
latex, silver, hematite, silk wire
Spring fever 1
gold wire, silver, granate, gold
Spring fever 1
gold wire, silver, granate, gold
Spring fever 1
gold wire, silver, granate, gold
The end of the line
leather, bone, silver, gold, coral
The end of the line
leather, bone, silver, gold, coral
In the mind of the reader
gold, silk wire, agate
Spring fever 2
silver, hematite, latex, wire
Spring fever 2
silver, hematite, latex, wire
Green vertebra
silver, bone, jade
Pink vertebra
The three vertebra's
bone, silver, silk wire, pearls, labradorite, jade
Spring fever 3
gold wire, wool, thread, iolite
Spring fever 3
gold wire, wool, thread, iolite
Corola
ebony, silver, coral, granate, silk wire, seed
Corola
ebony, silver, coral, granate, silk wire, seed
Dreaming
gold, silk wire, labradorite
Dreaming
gold, silk wire, agate
Dreaming
gold, silk wire, agate