TOOLS
Intrigued by the
ideology of the artist and socialist William Morris (1834-1896) and
his ideas on craft, nature and simple life, I began in 2011 with a
series of drawings of symbols and hand tools that is related with the
legacy of Morris. These drawings are reduced, mixed and then screen-printed.
The end result consists of 117 different miniatures, in an edition
of 1000.
Using a hammer and
a wad punch - an old hand tool intended for producing small washer-shaped
pieces of leather - the miniatures are hit out of sticker paper and
pasted on two euro coins.
The launch of the TOOLS-coins took place at district office East in
Amsterdam. The pieces of art that as residue arises from this action
are available, with a guide, in exchange for the intrinsic value of
their carrier, 2 euro.
