project Use as Needed
a research into universal themes
Use as Needed / 82 x (15cm h x 21cm w) / watercolour paper (200gm), ink / wooden frame / 2014 - 2020
82 original, geometrical linedrawings created as visual extracts of universal themes
Use as needed - cardsets
Use as Needed cardsets (limited edition 250) / 5,8 cm x 8.8 cm / printed cards (bridge format) in wooden box (ash wood) / including signed and numbered certificate of authenticity / 2020
Out of the 85 Use as Needed drawings a choice of 55 has been made to create a visual cardset. The title became the manual.
Use as needed - manuals
Use as Needed manuals / 3,5cm x 6,5cm x 0,4 cm (folded out 40,5cm x 6,5 cm) / page: 75gm (white, eco, inkjet) / cover: 200gm (biotop, laserprint) / 2024 - ongoing
The visual cardset by itself wasn’t sufficient. The public wanted more. A handmade leporello booklet became the manual. So far in Dutch and English.
Use as needed - greetingcards
Use as Needed greetingcards / 10,5cm x 14,5cm (folding card, inside empty) / 11 different sets (each set 5 different cards, total 55 different greetingcards)) / cards: 200gsm (biotop, laserprint) / index: 50 gsm (white clairefontaine) / envelop: 120gsm (biotop) / cellophane / 2022 - ongoing
Out of sheer fun greetingcards followed. Printed, folded and cut by hand in Farmsum, Groningen NL. Manufactured as needed.
© Natascha J.A. Rodenburg