#foodporn or the sensuality of eating
in collaboration with Elisa Bouchon
sensual celebration
To celebrate the sensuality that inspired me to create the Indulge collection, and that still inspires me everyday (nature and sensuality are my endless sources of inspiration), I collaborated with photographer Elisa Bouchon. With her interesting use of textures and color, and her feeling for elegance and sensuality (not to mention her love for good food and her French nationality), it seemed like a great match.
We played with flowers, feminine curves and natural light to create a series of sculptural, sensual images.
An ode to feminine shapes and the sensuality of eating.
Read more about it here.
rituals for boredom
In collaboration with Nadja Zerunian
seven rituals
promising a state of composed monotony.
seven tools
encouraging to decelerate, delay & disconnect.
seven sets
daring to de-stimulate, then detach before diverting
into ultimate emptiness.
exquisite materials. essential shapes. masterfully crafted.
a conversation,
honouring the emotional state of boredom.
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photography by Mark Glassner
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Bespoke
tableware & accessories
Creating bespoke pieces for chefs, hotels and restaurants, is my favorite part of the job. When ideas come together, something unexpected and unique happens.
Be it a set of plates designed specifically to complement a restaurant or hotel’s philosophy, a different color finishing or a specially designed graphic or signature, let me know your wishes and I would be happy to think about the possibilities with you.
Here are some examples of bespoke designs for Yannick Alléno’s restaurants Pavyllon and l’Abysse.
Handmade
Experimental and unique
An example of unique handmade plates, produced in my Amsterdam studio. Works of creativity and experiment, sometimes resulting in fruitful collaborations.
Here beautifully plated by Stefan van Sprang and his team of restaurant Aan de Poel** in Amstelveen.
To enquire about the possibilities of unique and bespoke pieces, please contact me! A lot is possible to complement your ideas and wishes.
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Food photography by Maurice Fransen.
#foodporn
In collaboration with Daantje Bons.
In parallel to the collection of eating tools Evoke initiated by Sarah-Linda Forrer, they created a series of photographies evoking an intuitive and sensual interaction with our food. Playing with the idea of #foodporn, the images are on the edge between different kinds of pleasure, triggering the senses and arousing the imagination.
Models: Cherella Gessel, Nicolaas van Zeijl and Stella Derkzen
Medusa
a collection of organic vases
MEDUSA is a collection of unique hand-built vases and bowls, made by Sarah-Linda Forrer for Swing Design Gallery.
Inspired by the shapes and layered textures of oceanic creatures, the vases feature soft forms and texturised glazes, adding depth to their surfaces.
Using the coil technique together with various other additions, each shape is carefully hand-built and formed/deformed to find the right balance between nature and artefact.
By layering different glazes and textures, the surface becomes a detailed and irregular skin on the object.
The collection plays with feminine, archaic silhouettes and organic finishes, becoming a series of objects in between artefacts and natural findings.
Being an ode to nature without copying it literally, the Medusa collection reminds us of the elemental, raw beauty of our origins, and the importance of appreciation and co-existence with our natural surroundings.
Stone Spoons
Made for an edition of the Steinbeisser dinners in Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
This collection of eating tools is crafted from alabaster and speck stone. They are carved following the natural structure of the stone, making every spoon unique. The weight and materiality of the stone give each spoon a precious feeling. The delicate and sensual shapes with a very soft touch evoke a more intuitive way of eating. Not having conventional cutlery shapes, every user can discover his own way of interpreting them at the dinner table.
Silk Scarves
The limited editions silk scarves were born out of a desire to combine beauty, luxury and sustainability in one product. A desire to create the perfect accessory for the modern, picky and conscious human.
The first limited editions of 3 designs were inspired by the beauty and colours of underwater flora and was designed in collaboration with Stella Derkzen.
ECOFRIENDLY
Because luxury, beauty and respect for the planet are equality important to me, this collection of silk scarves is produced with the first textile company in the world to have endorsed the Greenpeace Detox Program. This ensures a dramatic reduction in the use of water, toxic substances and energy throughout the entire production process.
Signing up to the agreements contained in the Detox Solution Commitment, the company is the first textile company in the world to make a public commitment for a cleaner fashion industry through the replacement of machinery and the elimination of harmful substances used in the normal textile processes.
Photography by Vincent Merino.
Morphologies
A collection of mystical skincare tools
The ancient Egyptians regarded beauty as a sign of holiness, they were pioneers of embellishment. For both men and women, beauty and body care were an integral part of their everyday lives. Fascinated by this idea that cosmetics are not only used for aesthetics but also have a magical and ritual purpose, I designed a collection of facial skin care tools inspired by ancient Egyptian beliefs and habits.
These objects combine excavated findings with artefacted materials to become new minerals and soft fossils.
Haptic textures and morphing shapes form the tools to create mixtures and masks, to apply them on the face and to clean the skin.
Naturally patterned hard wood found in an Alpine river is combined with transparent bubbles of deep blue rubber to become cleansing tools. Alabaster stone is shaped into a delicate, translucent spoon to mix oils and powders. Lava stone seems to morph into a soft, sponge-like texture while highly polished brass receptacles form the core of the collection.
Trophies of imagination, Morphologies connects beauty and spirituality by bringing another dimension into our everyday skin care rituals.
