Art Nouveau

In the company of a good friend I visited the Art Nouveau exhibition in The Hague.

I just love to be surrounded with beauty and it was certainly worth the visit!!!
Below some of my favourite objects...

Jurriaan Kok - sugar bowl and Mocca pot (1902) painted egg shell porcelain

Theo Nieuwenhuis - clover and clover with roots (ca. 1900) paint on paper

Chris Lebeau - pike perch study (ca. 1900) pencil and ink on paper

Chris Lanooy - vase with underwater scene (1906-1907)
painted earthenware with luster glaze

Theo Colenbrander - four-piece garniture Day and Night (1885)

Cornelia van der Hart - vase (ca. 1903-1907)
glazed earthenware with sgraffito decoration

and another work from
Chris Lebeau - study after a cross-cut of a red cabbage (ca. 1896-1899)

this study resulted in a gorgeous patterned corduroy textile and bench...

you can find my earlier visits tot he museum here and here

Creepy

Some people think it's creepy but I love this ceramic piece by Carolein Smit...

Magnificent Monday

We started with a foggy morning followed by a lovely sunny afternoon...

Pieter Stockmans

my favourite: tilting

beautiful

We both really enjoyed talking to the artist Piet Stockmans (left on the photo)

Simple Beauty

Pretty Pourer

.... a beautiful ceramic piece from Derek Wilson

Vintage Planter

This is one of the sweetheart vine cuttings from my mum's plant.

At first the cuttings started dying but then I cut them a second time.
Now I have several healthy plants :)

The planter is from Westraven Utrecht and designed by Koos van der Sluys.

I bought it for a couple of euros at the brocante market in Tongeren.

I think it matches our red marmer window sill perfectly!

Sweetheart Vine

Yesterday my parents and my brother visited us.

My mother brought me some sweetheart vine cuttings.

Handmade

Our latest catch is a planter from Dana Bechert.

Now I'm searching for the perfect plant.

Urn

 I bought this mini-urn made by Hilde Evenepoel.
It's on our mantlepiece next to a cure-stone and shaman stone :)

Not much bigger than a chestnut and it's colour can be silver or black.

Pieces

Nim has broken my Jonsberg vase but there is a Dutch saying: shards bring luck :)

Enjoy your weekend or holidays!

Styled Fern

Today I bought myself a new ceramic piece by Dik Scheepers.
I went shopping with Climber Boy and we visited Dutch Design Year.

I thought this piece would be perfect for my little fern and..............I think I was right :)

You can see  my other ceramic piece from Dik here.

Light

Sunlight can really light up my everyday life!
Even when I'm inside the house.

Rice Grain

I bought an old rice grain porcelain bowl from Arabia.

Lovely and not perfectly shaped.

It's on my kitchen shelf now.

Raw Edges

This piece of porcelain is from Dutch designer Dik Scheepers.

It hides the ugly plastic plant pot pretty good.
Don't forget to check out my skôn blog

Beach findings

 Here you can see some of our beachfindings.

 I was really lucky to find 4 fossil spine bones.

These porcelain plates are made by Piet Stockmans.

He is a famous Belgian ceramist.

I admire his work!