“Coincidence does not exist in art, there is a discovery or an artistic insight. If you are sensitive to it and look at the world with an open mind than you will discover forms, alone or a combination of forms, that create a very beautiful entirety. Rubbish does not exist, everything can serve multiple purposes. In contrast to the goal and the function for it” ________________________ Arnold Aerts
My work draws inspiration from the world of architecture. Its buildings, bridges, canopies, and the environments they inhabit. I am fascinated by the duality of function and form: structures that provide home, shelter, and protection, yet also provoke emotion, memory, and imagination. ________________ Visually, my compositions play with repetition, symmetry, and disruption. I explore the space where old and new structures clash, join or disappearing into one another. Shapes flip upside down; colors twist and contrast; structures fragment and regroup in unexpected ways. There is a game at play: a deliberate tension between continuity and interruption, elegance and chaos, the picturesque and the incoherent._________ Contrast is essential to my work: the tough next to the fragile, rough textures against refined lines, historical fragments fitted into modern contexts. I use these contrasts not to find solutions, but to initiate coherence between time periods, materials, emotions and expectations. ____________________________ I embrace imperfection as a source of strength. Where correctness feels stiff and dull, I find wonder in the irregular and unpredictable. Surprise, irritation and even dissonance can give rise to the most remarkable moments. In a world that often demands perfection, I choose to celebrate what is unpolished, what moves smoothly and what arouses curiosity over certainty.
necklace – silver, zinc, tin, hematite, brass, steel
ring – silver, carbon grains, resin / ring – silver, pyrite, resin
necklace – silver, zinc, tin, foil
brooch – silver, tin, polymorph, stainless steel
brooch – silver, polymorph, stainless steel
brooch – silver, polymorph, stainless steel
brooch – silver, polymorph, stainless steel
ring – silver, red resin
necklace – silver, zinc, tin, leather
ring – silver, lava, resin / ring -silver, lava, resin / ring -silver, lava, resin
necklace – lava, zinc, tin, waxed cotton
necklace – zinc, tin, nylon, silk
ring – silver, horn, brass
ring – silver, horn, sealing wax, brass / ring – silver, bronze, sealing wax
object – silver, zinc, tin, sealing wax, resin
brooch – silver, velvet, alpacca
brooch – silver, zinc, tin, sealing wax, stainless steel
object – zinc, tin, brass black rhodium plated, sealing wax, steel
necklace – silver, zinc, tin, black spinel, black tourmaline, resin
necklace – silver, zinc, tin, black tourmaline, ceramic, resin
object – zinc, tin, brass, resin, black tourmaline, hematite, sealing wax
brooch – silver, zinc, tin, resin, lava, black tourmaline, stailness steel / brooch – zinc, tin, stainless steel, resin, black tourmaline / brooch – zinc, tin, stainless steel, resin, brass
The photos in which the models wear the jewellery were taken by Daphne Okon with the cooperation of costume designer and model Mathilde Timmerman and models Hilly Wagenar and Yorrith De Bakker.
The other photos are from my own archive.
Wieke Aerts 