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22/07/2024
Yoga men, tattoed & Yoga women, coloured
By doing yoga regularly, the muscles are strengthened. Unlike other sports, Yoga is not about performance. Everyone does what they are capable of.
(WU78161 Warrior pose – h. 17 cm., WU78163 Lotus position – h. 13 cm.)
Yoga teaches you to be more and more aware of yourself. By focusing attention inwards, mental peace is created. (WU78202 Cobra pose – h.12 cm, WU78149 Lotus pos. – h.15 cm, WU78219 Compass pose – h.16.5 cm)
22/07/2024
Lady Justice, seated
Justice, goddess of justice in ancient Rome, is very popular. In a seated position, with blindfold, scales and sword. (WU75268 – h. 17.5 cm.)
Lovers, the Kiss – This loving embrace is beautifully designed in the series Lovers. (WU75760 – h. 29 cm.)
07/06/2024
Dani and Duko, unique & numbered
Two somewhat larger figurines released in a limited edition of 300 pieces each. Numbered at the bottom. Individually packed. With the newly developed pattern where each one is unique. To make us happy! Jacky says: ‘Life is there to have fun, to love and to enjoy. The more happy people there are in this world, the more happiness there will be.’ (JZP40 Dani – h. 30 cm. and JZP41 Duko – h. 36 cm., Ltd Ed. 300 pcs)
07/06/2024
Dogs are JACKY ZEGER’S favorite. She was about 8 years old when she watched her father making tables in the shed in her parents’ backyard. From that time on, she started creating herself. (JZ20 Dogtower – h. 59 cm. / JZ31 Jerra – h. 20 cm. & JZ28 Jerry mini – h. 7 cm.)
01/05/2024
PARASTONE POMPON POLAR BEARS
Incl. the new Pompon polar bear minature in a clear version (PA05POMC – h. 6 cm.).
01/05/2024
Pompon tropical
Unique copies!
Parastone has developed a new pattern and applied it to the well-known Pompon polar bear, using the same technique as we used with the Jacky Zegers figures. A thin film with the pattern is placed on a bath of water, after which the film is dissolved with a chemical, leaving only the ink on the water. When the figurine is now immersed in the bath, the ink remains on the figurine. After the drying process, the sculpture is varnished. All copies are unique, you won’t find two of them the same! Labor-intensive but definitely worth it. We are happy with the result and imagine ourselves in tropical places. (POMP01 – 11 cm., POMP11 – 18 cm.)
17/04/2024
ORLINSKI
Richard Orlinski has been the biggest selling contemporary French artist in the world since 2015. He began his artistic career in 2004 and created his first work, a bright red resin crocodile, which soon became an iconic piece in the sculptor’s bestiary. The artist took inspiration from pop culture, everyday objects, popular things. Richard Orlinski soon developed new sculptures, often of animals, all symbols of freedom, power and passion. The result: electrifying works of art, in pop colours and a faceted style, that would be seen all around the world. Exhibiting his works, often of spectacular dimensions, in unusual places and the great outdoors soon became his signature. (ORL01 Polar bear Pompon mother-of-pearl colour – L. 23 cm., ORL02 Polar bear Pompon silver colour – L 36 cm., ORL03 Kong thinker red – H. 23 cm., ORL04 Venus de Milo blue – H. 36 cm.)
10/04/2024
Jacky Zegers, unique copies
Together with Parastone, Jacky has developed a new pattern. This pattern has been applied to the figures with a challenging new technique. A thin film with the pattern is placed on a bath of water, after which the film is dissolved with a chemical, leaving only the ink on the water. When the figurine is now immersed in the bath, the ink remains on the figurine. After the drying process, the sculpture is varnished, provided with white feet, felt pads and an understamp. All copies are unique, you won’t find two of them the same! Labor-intensive but definitely worth it. We are happy with the result and hope you will be too. (JZP17 – 17,5 cm., JZP05 – 13 cm., JZP01 – 25 cm.)
27/12/2023
Mascarade, Venetian masks
Anonymous masks have traditionally been a crucial feature in Venetian Carnival, whose origins date back to the 12th century. In the rigid class hierarchy it developed into a feast of social satire where ones social background doesn’t count. The mask-makers (mascherari) even had their own guild and laws to abide by. The Venetians were allowed to wear masks for almost three month a year, from St. Stephans Day, December 26, until the last day of Carnival.
The collection has now been expanded, with masks in various
colors. (WU75066B, WU74136C, WU74139A, WU75130A, WU75052 – 30 / 34,5 cm.)
04/12/2023
Larva Convivalis
This miniature 1st-century Roman from the collection of the Getty Museum features round eye sockets and a wide, grinning mouth with large upper teeth. It was known to the Romans as larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost. It was once made to (between courses of a meal) jump and dance and was a reminder of the brevity of human life and necessity of profiting from the short remaining time. In total, ten similar skeletons are known, one in silver, one in wood, and the remaining examples in bronze. The unanatomical rendering of the bones, a feature shared by all the skeletons, reveals that artists' lack of scientific accuracy. It was perhaps more important that the bony specters were lively and so the fluid fluid dancing movements of their mobile joints were emphasized. (ROM01 – h. 10 cm.)
06/10/2023
Museum and Dubout coasters
Our glass coasters are popular. New sets are now available from the artists Hokusai, Monet, Kandinsky and Mondrian, and of course Hieronymus Bosch should not be missing. Also available: glass coasters from the successful Dubout cats. And after a long time, the Van Gogh and Magritte sets are fortunately back in stock! (Ø 10 cm., set of 4 in metal holder, gift boxed with brochure)
11/09/2023
New Vases, Silhouette d’Art
-Klimt: Stoclet Frieze, the Tree of Life (1905). The symbolic tree of life is part of the decorative mosaic design in the dining room frieze of the 'Palais Stoclet' in Brussels. – Botticelli: the Birth of Venus (approx. 1486). The story has it that Botticelli was in love with Simonetta, Nobleman Marco Vespucci’s wife, his entire life. It is her that Venus was based on. She died ten years before Botticelli who, at his own request, was buried at her feet in the church of Ognissanti. – Escher: Sky and Water (1938). After 1936, Eschers realistic style and subject matter changed profoundly, when he drew the first of his famous ‘impossible realities’. Fascinated by the majolica tiling in the Alhambra, he became obsessed by the ideas that form the basis of the regular division of the plane, such as the crystallographic principles of shifting, glide- reflection and rotation. – Beardsley: "Lady in long dress". At the age of seven Beardsley was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which many see as a possible explanation for his unbridled urge to express himself. Without any education in arts he developed his passionate style of drawing, averse to the social and political equalization, and not being socially engaged as many of his contemporaries. (SDA46 Klimt – h. 28 cm. / Ø 12 cm., SDA47 Botticelli – h. 23.5 cm. / Ø 10 cm., SDA48 Escher – h. 27 cm. / Ø 10 cm., SDA49 Beardsley – h. 25.5 cm. / Ø 10 cm.)
