5 tapestries

3 produced in hand embroidered technique
2 hand-woven goblins

200 x 300 cm

The assignment contains the design and realisation of five wall tapestries for five different municipalities in the Westland area. In the near future these will be united in one municipality. The tapestries will be placed in the new town hall as a reminder of Westland's recent history. Each tapestry imagines an important aspect of Westland in an associative way. The combination of the five unique tapestries tells a story of this region in relation to philosophy, mythology, the arts, economics and history.

in "bloemenspraak"
(speech of flowers) images of all kinds of flowers have been combined with poetic words and 19th century calligraphic writing

"historie" (history)
goes back to 19th century when westland was famous for the cultivation of grapes

all kinds of images of grapes in the textile arts from different times and cultures are assembled in a complex pattern

"veilingwezen" (trading) deals with the economic aspect and brings natural products and production in relation to symbols of mythology

the image of mercury is based on tiepolo

"levenscyclus" (circle of life) connects the mould in Westland to the four elements, seasons, cultures and the glory of light and life

the design is inspired upon the illusionary artist, giovanni battista tiepolo

presentation to the client at post cs stedelijk museum amsterdam 2006