Project ‘Treeroots’

a research into processing a collection of treeroots


Dimensions: 1.50m h x 2.5m w x 1.10m d / Materials used: treeroots, cardboard, stainless steel / Year made: 2017

It started with this

roots were exposed

roots waited to be picked up

once a month a visit

condensing, intensifying

brought to the light

upside down world

accumulation, condensing

intensification

one, two, five

presenting

drawing


Dimensions: (59.4cm h x 42cm w) x 7 / Materials used: watercolour paper, rests of tree roots, ink, pencil, glue, varnish / Year made: 2017

Landscape - a series of 7

treeroots washed

'wash-out' left its story

paperprint

delicate

fixated

workeable

colour

subtle contrast

landscape of forgotten worlds


Dimensions: 42cm h x 29.7cm w) x 12 / Materials used: paper, acrylic paint, gesso, Indian ink / Year made: 2017

Just wait a second - a series of 12

preparing

action - effect

simplicity - patience

discovery - applied

completion - patience

just wait a second


Dimensions: (122cm h x 92cm w) x 2 / Materials used: paper, linseedoil, ink / Year made: 2017

Absorber - a series of 2

excess

excess - solution

excess - no solution

product

patience, discovery

fixation

patience, discovery

fixation

finish

discovery, added value

finish


Dimensions: 166cm h x 132cm w x 5.5cm d / Materials used: cotton, wood, treeroot, pva glue, acryl paint / Year made: 2017

Shroud

serious, construction, to stretch

patience

supporting, exhibiting, movement

exciting

liberated, fragile, stretching

fixation

reaction, change, surprising

impression, emphasis, print

highlighting


Dimensions: 90cm h x 180cm w x 2.5cm d / Materials used: cardboard, linseedoil, acrylic paint / Year made: 2017

Catcher - a triptych

too much, emergency, solution

danger

drying up, reaction

seeing value

leaving in value

showing value

reactions, fixations, vulnerable

highlighting


Dimensions: (70.5cm h x 60.5cm w x 2.5cm d) x 2 // 80.5cm h x 50.5cm w x 2.5cm d / Materials used: cardboard, coverfoil, linseedoil / Year made: 2017

Protector - a series of 3

underlay, own way, undergo

waste, added value

discovered, cut, presented

stretched, structure, fragile

presented, fixated


© Natascha J.A. Rodenburg