Mannetje

Made from old wooden doors and joints made by casting zamac into grooves and holes in the wood. Because the shapes already existed, intuition only had to piece them together to create this sculpture. Mannetje is the first work that was born in "Casting away the thought of thinking". Experimentation played a huge part in developing this technique, i didnt want the process to be linear. I needed errors and failure as that is where you find wonder and excitement. This caused the experiments to take form as sculptures. In my moms bathroom there used to be a fertility statue that i found extremely scary when i was younger. As i got older the statue became funny and friendly, when i went to visit her that year i saw it again. the next time my hands saw wood they found the right pieces and created this sculpture. This sculpture is the first in "Casting away the thought of thinking". The way it's made is by pouring Zamac directly into the grooves and cutouts i made in the wood. This sculpture was casted in three stages, first the head was attached, then the legs, arms and feet followed.