Intuitive memories from our heritage of primal and native cultures.
2005-2017
(Pâte de verre, found objects)
Strange are the roots
JHB
Of my MEMORIES
Sunsets of dust and musk
Tribal Spirit is a very intimate journey, one in which my personal experiences are not involved, but one which would translate to another kind of experience.
JHB
I have always felt a strange kindred spirit with the tribes living on our planet today, with civilisations which are fading. Already very early in my youth, I had a profound interest in ancient cultures from the past.
I work as if I were an archaeologist, discovering deep
in the earth, vessels shards and traces of people from the past.I experience a feeling of «déjà-vu»,when I see artefacts and objects belonging to primitive tribes.They provoke a sense of recognition in textures, colours and shapes, relating to something I once knew, pertinent to my most ancient roots.This work is also a reflection of the theme – «Permanence and Fragility» –, humanity: global or private. Each artefact from the past introducesus to a world transcending from fleeting to permanence.
Intriguing are the parallels which can be found in the theme and the material involved in my pieces.The technique of «Pâte de verre» embodies in a fragile object the essence of permanence.
SOUL’S VESSELS
Pâte de verre, found objects
SKIN’S VESSELS
Pâte de verre, found objects, copper
Skin’s Vessel II
Pâte de verre / mixed media
2 Layered
23cm x 18cm x 24cm




ROOTS VESSELS
Pâte de verre, multi-layered
CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL
Pâte de verre, copper
INSIDE OF MY HEART
Reactive Glass/Bronze/Copper
45cm x 30cm x 7cm


WARRIOR HEAD I
Pâte de verre/mixed media
47cm x 12cm x 20cm


Dreamers I
Glass/Copper
30cm x 15cm x 19cm
Pâte de verre multi- layered
Dreamer II
Glass/Copper
30cm x 16cm x 18cm
Pâte de verre multi- layered

Dreamer III
Glass/Copper
36cm x 23cm 32cm
Pâte de verre multi- layered

GLOBAL TRIBES
Pâte de verre /Mixed Media/Copper
50cm x 50cm x 50cm
STRANGE ENCOUNTER
Reactive Glass/Bronze/Copper
30cm x 20cm x 19cm


THE WEDDING GIFT
Glass/Copper
38cm x 39cm x 8cm
Pâte de verre, mixed média.

VISITORS
Glass/Mixed Media
32cm x 24cm 30cm
Pâte de verre . Mixed media.


GAÏA
Reactive Glass/Bronze/Copper
30cm x 20cm x 19cm


BAKA ” BÉBÈ” 1-3
Waiting At Dawn
Masks: 30cm x 15cm 8cm
Installation: Acryl, 180cm
Pâte de verre, stringers
On each mask an aiku in Braille



RECOUNT
9 Masks: 30cm x 15cm x 8cm
Installation: 100cm x 100cm
Pâte de verre, stringers
On each mask an aiku in Braille










TRIBAL ICONICS TOTEM
2 SIDES PÂTE DE VERRE, COPPER


