Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands | Still Life Photography EU2016 Mementos
Transition in time
For her series Transition in time Dutch photographer Marie Cécile Thijs explored the EU2016 Mementos by Dutch designers Claire and Roderick Vos, and transformed them into still life photographs. Marie Cecile Thijs is influenced by the old masters in painting, yet her work is clearly contemporary. Inspired by the innovative designs by Studio Roderick Vos and remaining true to her own distinct style, Marie Cécile Thijs created an illusory world in which the objects become characters in a futuristic story. A reading light becomes a spaceship, candles circle around like UFOs and tablecloths are transformed into a surreal three-dimensional landscape.
About the EU project
In the first half of 2016 the Netherlands did hold the Presidency of the European Union. Design office Roderick Vos has been selected to create a modest range of EU mementos of typical Dutch products. Marie Cecile Thijs made – in assignment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – still life photographs of these objects in her own distinct style. These photographs were exhibited in the pavilion built in Amsterdam on the occasion of the chairmanship of the European Union by The Netherlands. Next to this Marie Cecile Thijs will be a part of the gallery of Dutch Photographers. It is all about Dutch design and photography.
About the object designed by Studio Roderick Vos
Glass blowing. The art of shaping glass that has been heated into a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. It sounds very technical, but the art of manual glassblowing is really about the individual glass maker’s passion for his craft. Each mouth-blown glass piece is, in a way, a unique handmade product. A new era in glassmaking in the Netherlands began in the early 1950s, led by several wonderful designers such as Chris Lebeau and Andries Copier. This EU crystal glass design is a personal homage by Studio Roderick Vos to Dutch glass blower Andries Copier and the traditional art of glassblowing, an almost forgotten skill in this century.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands | Still Life Photography EU2016 Mementos
Transition in time
For her series Transition in time Dutch photographer Marie Cécile Thijs explored the EU2016 Mementos by Dutch designers Claire and Roderick Vos, and transformed them into still life photographs. Marie Cecile Thijs is influenced by the old masters in painting, yet her work is clearly contemporary. Inspired by the innovative designs by Studio Roderick Vos and remaining true to her own distinct style, Marie Cécile Thijs created an illusory world in which the objects become characters in a futuristic story. A reading light becomes a spaceship, candles circle around like UFOs and tablecloths are transformed into a surreal three-dimensional landscape.
About the EU project
In the first half of 2016 the Netherlands did hold the Presidency of the European Union. Design office Roderick Vos has been selected to create a modest range of EU mementos of typical Dutch products. Marie Cecile Thijs made – in assignment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – still life photographs of these objects in her own distinct style. These photographs were exhibited in the pavilion built in Amsterdam on the occasion of the chairmanship of the European Union by The Netherlands. Next to this Marie Cecile Thijs will be a part of the gallery of Dutch Photographers. It is all about Dutch design and photography.
About the object designed by Studio Roderick Vos
Glass blowing. The art of shaping glass that has been heated into a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. It sounds very technical, but the art of manual glassblowing is really about the individual glass maker’s passion for his craft. Each mouth-blown glass piece is, in a way, a unique handmade product. A new era in glassmaking in the Netherlands began in the early 1950s, led by several wonderful designers such as Chris Lebeau and Andries Copier. This EU crystal glass design is a personal homage by Studio Roderick Vos to Dutch glass blower Andries Copier and the traditional art of glassblowing, an almost forgotten skill in this century.
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