This weekend was the Realisme Beurs in Amsterdam, and the first occasion for me to unveil the first sculptures in a series inspired by ancient goddesses.

The first of the series is my fertility goddess based on one of the oldest representation of a fertility goddess from the stone age found in Lespugue.

When i was growing up my mother had a small representation of that sculpture in the house which i was always attracted to.

this is my first attempt at macro photography.......

These are the first two bottles i made for ZARB champagne as a promotion

ZARB asked a hand full of artists in Amsterdam to create sculptures using the bottles as a canvas.

These two are themed "life and death".

more to come.......

This was the Zarb champagne for gay pride Amsterdam 2011
not my design or concept but....well.....i'm the mouth in the middle ;)

"On est tous Zarb!" was the slogan of the 2011 Paris expo of Zarb champagne bottles.
This 3 headed wonder was used to illustrate how we are all Zarb by having celebrity and guest faces flashed on to the bottle.

I was also asked to help set up the pop up Zarb expo in Paris in September of 2011, a promotion during fashion week, it tured out to look very good and was an incredibly fun job.

insect sculpture

This is king oberon from Midsummer night's dream, made of beetles and cicada wings with golden plants and a throne of parrot bones.

My mother and I in front of the first flower skeleton featured at my graduation show.

flower skeleton sculptures

  

This is the second series of my flower skeleton sculptures made from cat, dog and bird skeletons (pvc replicas) with artificial flowers.

these are some of my 'fairies' , there were some of my first creations and the main theme of most of my exhibitions, they are made from insect parts including grasshoppers, beetles, butterflies, bones and plants.

I always liked to think that there is a root of truth behind every myth....and there's not that much of a leap between fairies and insects some of which offer amazing shapes and textures to work with.

                   this is my griffin, made from a cat and parrot skeleton with butterfly wings

 also a piece of my graduation show.

these are some costume i made using organic materials such as bones shells and horns, they were part of my graduation exhibition and were inspired by midsummer night's dream.