cauliflower molding progress

used the clay mold for a cement cauliflower casting and 2 soaps. after the second soap the mold was destroyed, but I am using the cement cauliflower now to make a new rubber mold. 4 layers of rubber are on it now, I heated the cast  a bit in the microwave to make the rubber dry faster, so i could apply 2 layers in under 15 minutes... next day (today) another two, tomorrow i will finish it.

cauliflower molding

Slaughtered a cauliflower to make a mold. Of course to be used for pouring soap. I like the idea of finding a piece of cauliflower on the sink.

This is just a test with flexible clay. I will probably use a plaster cauliflower casting to make a more permanent silicone mold...

the Stairway at St Paul's

'Zuppa Turca'

cassette tape soap

added my lavender-rosemary cassette tape shaped soap to my etsy shop today.
It is also for sale in Rotterdam at Rotabs Stylecenter , Sluijter & Meijer and www.dingsboems.nl

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83697649/cassette-tape-soap-lavender-rosemary

recycling doll hands and feet

i found this doll a few months ago and took her home with me. She looked too sad laying there in her underwear on the bin in the street.
today decided to cut her hands and feet off and make molds of them. filled them with cement so they'll be heavy enough not to float to the surface when i pour silicons over them.
I'm sure I can turn them into a small edition of very cute coat hangers for kids. don't know the material to make them with yet, but i'm sure i'll figure that out too someday soon.

concept hut village in Heijplaat, Rotterdam

With stichting Kunsteiland we are building huts in the playground at Heijplaat, with materials donated by the builders and demolishers active in the neighbourhood. A large part of the houses there are being torn down, and new better ones will be built. During this proces stichting Kunsteiland wanted to do something positive for the residents and created this childrens project with a lot of reuse of materials.
Children are building happily to make their own dreamhome...

beautiful work by artist Sivan Royz

beautiful work by artist Sivan Royz

portrethokje action @ Singeldingen festival in Rotterdam

these photo's were made by Saskia Jonker, the mother of the little girl I was drawing... Nice to see myself this time!

Patrick Blanc, Vertical Garden interview in Paris

sofa makeover

stripping the leather off the couch... turning the inside out...

and turning it into a bag














www.dingsboems.nl

portrethokje at community festival Gerstakker Schiedam

Spent a lovely sunny day yesterday drawing visitors of a community festival in Schiedam with my portrait booth.
Ended up doing around 60 drawings, a lot of them, but not all, can be seen in my flickr stream.
Did I draw and photograph you or your child, and you don't see the photo? feel free to send me a message, and I will look through my photo's to find you!

[dutch] Gisteren een mooie zonnige dag getekend met het portrethokje voor het buurtfestival op de gerstakker in Schiedam. Ik heb uiteindelijk zo'n 60 portretten getekend, waarvan er een aantal op mijn flickr stream staan.
Heb ik u of uw kind getekend en gefotografeerd, maar ziet u de foto niet, stuur me dan een bericht en ik zal proberen uw foto te vinden en op te sturen!

cassette tape mold-making

I predict there will be cassette-tape shaped SOAP in the near future in some shops in Rotterdam. 

Had this idea but threw all my old tapes in the garbage  a few years ago when I had to move. Good friend tinyloops still had his complete selection and gave me one. Lubricated the tape with some liquid soap and pressed it into black silicone. Hoping for the best now. I will let it dry for as long as I can wait, patience is not my virtue.
Also watch the recycled container ;-) it came with cakes in it...

vintage leather bag

my latest bag, made from vintage green leather turned inside out. finally decided how to finish this one last week
webshop: www.dingsboems.nl