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January 2008 will be the new start of my refreshed website judithvandenboom.nl
from next year there will be monthly updates and my blog will become part of that..
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Coming Soon !

Time is flying by, not only in China but also being back in London. Work is full on agenda and working on new series work what will be exhibited in begin 2008. The work from China is shipping into London now and there are some very refreshing and new relationships developed in China it was so worthwhile being back there again.

Also the future brings some more news then finnishing work in London but also starting of our new studio / workplatform www.boomwehmeyer.com a collective with me and Gunter Wehmeyer. With fresh ideas and projects on the agenda this will soon become more visible and we hope to present new work in 2008 from our new collective studio.

In spring 2008 I will return to China for work and researching more for future work-relationships..

More on BOOMWEHMEYER.COM AND NEW WORK SOON

Zaijin China !

The last 2.5 months have passed by very quickly and I’m near the finish of my work period. Today I will travel to Tangshan for work meetings and end of the week London will be back on the agenda. In London hectic life will start strait away again. The months been full with 24/ 7 working , the new work is being shipped back to London and in near future this will be exhibited in London, more info on the project and upcoming data shortly. Zaijin China !

Qing Zuo !

72 days in China.. life is full of work and excitement here. A new body is shaping (literally) over the weeks, full with experiments and working with local craftspeople. The environment is a inspiration to work in and specially with a direct access to material and local expertise. The days are short although everyone is working 7 days a week. The new work will be different then what I made before and with using different media next to ceramic to make it into a exciting new journey, the new work will be coming up after summer. Qing Zuo! Work in progress !

Presentation in Jingdezhen

You showed us a surprising movie about Jingdezhen, why did you start with this?

I made a movie driving through Jingdezhen and every time I realize again how much that gives me the right feeling of being a stranger in this city that feels like home, the hectic life outside the taxi is like a dream passing by and I'm just breathing in parts, changing my view on environment but also have a deep joy for cities. With transformed colors and combined with up-tempo music it was a powerful media to use and it took the people from Jingdezhen right back in my bubble. There was no better start to feel again how different common life can be.



How does your past in product design influence or change now your ceramic work?

My background matters to me alot, how I have my view on the environment and how I develop my work-methods. My present work with ceramics creates a new understanding of working, how in productdesign the thinking became the work now the material becomes the work. I give material more freedom now to make choices in the end-result and in my past product thinking the end-result a lot of time was a set goal.

You say your study product design learned how to have a different view on life, is this not also in other disciplines like in Art?

Yes, you can say that. I believe that working in design you should create a fresh view on what is needed, question the environment or even more think how your work could be a influence on other people's thinking and their choices. Art, Architecture and Design still have such a different audience and goals but they share functioning for/with the people on different scale. Beside the different varieties in design from highly industrial to almost entertaining object the view stays important. The use of products can have a wide meaning, I think its very important to dare yourself to see 'use' in various ways and wonder what design sh(c)ould be?




How do you view your future in ceramics, can we call you a ceramist after your MA?

I believe, I won't become a ceramist even after my Master @ the Royal Collage in London. I use the material to build my view on how we use our daily lives and create&answer questions. It is very good to deepen knowledge of the material and doing my Master gave a opportunity to go beyond the surface and learn/experiment. Also my work abroad in China changed me alot, the discussion and bridging between cultures is my engine in many ways. By now I can say that the Interrelations between me and the material, the audience and different disciplines make me who I am, I'm still a designer but with a fresh language learned outside my discipline and this builds on my passion for environment and people they can not be placed in 1 box, our cultures are a lively proof of this.

By working now in Jingdezhen/Shanghai/Tangshan a lot of new relationships have started and create for me my coming future to build on, probably founded with ceramics but in different scales, projects and new views where interrelating the ultimate key is.

china update

Small update …… life in Shanghai is good, it is very warm but I’m also having a real good time. Exploring area’s again that changed dramatic after my last visit and making all plans more final. I had so far very interesting work talks/invitation with a new firm about ceramics/future/the bigger picture & visions and specially how we could work together at good level in near future.



Next week I’ll move over to Jingdezhen for 6 weeks working on experiments and have more practical research with local people. The weeks will be filled with working with local workshops, going to factories and exploring around on my bike, cycling like a true Chinese this meaning on both sides of the road at the same time and still staying alive!



In September I’ll fly over to Tangshan visiting the firm’s factory and artists + some exciting meetings with Beijing designers on agenda for possible work. The idea moving to China now after finishing the RCA is getting much more realistic and life here feels within few days as normal, I look forward staying here longer then just for a work trip

Wo ai Shanghai, ni ne?!

China / Edition 2

Tomorrow my 2nd worktrip to china starts, with a good stopover in germany I will fly to Shanghai this week. The planning is full with good plans and meetings and I look so much forward meeting up with old friends in Jingdezhen and Shanghai. One of the plans is working on research experiments on the importance of craft within design and the changing new technologies. Also great appointments with factories and artists for promising future hopefully. Next to that exploring the options for workingstudio, working ceramics from XXL to XS and investigating for future for exciting participations.My worktrip will end in Beijing in the end of september and 1 October I will return to London for finnishing my last year at the RCA.

I will be online when possible , so if you have any questions don't hestitate to email to info@judithvandenboom.nl

NEW Book - Product Design Diversity

A great timecapture in the new book Product Design Diversity with activities from designers in differant fields. A body of my work and description are included in the book.



The book reveals the wide-ranging activities of the contemporary designer based on the work and professional practice of 80 graduates from the School of Product Design at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. Their activities range from furniture and ceramics designer to architect and interior architect, retail designer, shoe designer and fashion stylist. The publication includes background articles, interviews and descriptions of each designer's work.


February 2007; soft cover; 176 pages; 22 x 27 cm; ISBN/EAN 978-90-8690-019-0/9-789086-900190; retail price: € 35,-; co-published with ArtEZ Press, Arnhem.

China research trip '07

The months passed by quickly in London and although it might have been quiet on my website, this was due to lot of working. Living and working in London opened a lot of new approaches to work and for near future there are a lot of exciting plans on agenda.

In the very near future my passion/investigation in China will proceed after my work trip in the winter of ’05 -’06 . This July I will return again to my beloved Shanghai for few months divided time between Shanghai / Jingdezhen / Tangshan for work and engaging with Chinese designers and craftsmanship/factories.



The work in China this summer will be investigation and experiments about the process of design. I will meet up Chinese designer friends, exploring workspace and engage in the different understanding of working and product . This all will be the key for the new collection that will shape in the next year for the Royal Collage of Art graduation.

The next months an update will be send around for more information on the project in China this summer. From begin October I will be stationed again in London. For any further information don’t hesitate to email to info@judithvandenboom.nl

young dutch design

Dutch magazine Viva published an article about 5 young dutch designers, who have been going strong since they started their own work, I happend to be in this.

article newspaper

The Dutch newspaper Brabants dagblad published a curious piece about the exhibition in Tilburg.

Opening Boom & Friends

Sunday 1st of April was the opening of Boom & Friends exhibition at Legiokunst in Tilburg (NL). Together with Sharon Geschiere, Judith set up the room Boom & Friends. With this divers body of work there is a good excuse for a worthwhile visit to the gallery Legiokunst.

for more info

www.legiokunst.nl
www.sharongeschiere.com
www.judithvandenboom.nl

Exhibition @ Legiokunst gallery (NL)

In one of the 3 rooms in gallery Legiokunst , Judith van den Boom will exhibit her work and world from this period of her life in London. Her ceramics combine a dark humour with a figurative language. April 1st is the opening in Tilburg (NL), were she will show her work Boom & Friends. She collaborates with friend designer Sharon Geschiere to show collection of work, some pieces designed together and supported with their own work. Reason for this, is the love for discussion amongst design and the combination of work that seems so different.

“ Sharon Geschiere is a designer who shares this with me and has same passion for these subjects.” Says Van den Boom. “ Design and ceramics are for me things that go beyond product design. It’s a state of mind, a exploration form idea to a end result what can manifest itself in various ways. We should not limit ourselves by the clichés design can corner itself in.”

The exhibition will show a different showcase, with work made in London, China and work collaborated with Sharon Geschiere. It will tell a story about the process of design. The process she lives daily these days in a vibrant world in London.

Legiokunst will also show the various works of the following designers / artists;
painting - michael de kok
bag design - maria hees, majo joostens, elly kersten, ulrike sterman, irene weijs, geesje de jong

Muoto

Finnish design magazine Muoto published a interview about my work in the latest edition. Much thanks to Heidi Kalmari (text) & Aleksi Niemela ( photo). More info can be found on www.muotolehti.fi

Article by Luis Royal

A nice article worth while reading if your Portuguese is good, is in the Portuguese newspaper OJE ( www.oje.pt) . Luis Royal wrote a article about new ideas on design and he writes as well about the approach to my Holy Cow. Luis Royal wrote last year a great article on my 2005 collection Dutch Disturbance and now again includes my work in his ideas about design. Thanks Luis !

Items 01-07

The Dutch magazine Items published in edition Januari 2007 a article about work in China. Designer and ceramist Norman Trapman sheds his view over my written China blog when I worked in Jingdezhen. We both have worked there, he as a experienced designer and I as a fresh starter.

EH&I design-NL

The Dutch magazine Eigen Huis & Interieur published a interview in the issue 12 December '06. A interview about my thoughts and way of working

http://www.eh-i.nl/Picture/

Icon Interview

A interview about my work in China can be read in Icon - Issue November '06

London based

There were a few changes last few months and one of the bigger ones is that I live and work in London for the next 2 years. I started my MA at Royal Collage of Art to work, explore and challenge all ideas in mind.

Alot of plans are related to China for near future ( summer '07 will be new China workperiod) and for the present London is my new expiremental workground

My work and collection are not slowed down while working at RCA but create a new boost for hopefully suprising new works in near future. In April 2007 there will be a new exhibition in gallery Legiokunst in Tilburg(NL) with new overview of works.

If you want to be added to the mailinglist for updates please mail to info@judithvandenboom.nl

Thorsten van Elten

Part of the work from the collection made I in China, is now for sale in the designshop from Thorsten van Elten in London. The Hareheads and new Plates & Cup from My Parade serie, can be seen at this great shop

Please visit the shop at 22 Warren Street in London. For more info visit www.thorstenvanelten.com

Design.nl blog

From 2 October you can follow a week on my journey in my first period at the Royal Collage of Art in London. I've been asked to write week jounal on www.design.nl Unfortunatly it is in Dutch, a good challenge maybe !

Homebase in Utrecht & Tilburg

legiokunst in Tilburg (NL)

The collection My Once Upon A Time perceived in China and the Dutch Farmgirls from the 2005 collection are permanently based ( and for sale) in gallery Legiokunst in Tilburg (NL). My work will be represented by Cecile and Bep from Legiokunst. I am happy to have this base in Tilburg and hope to show more future works there. A great gallery with diversity in design & art. It’s a definite must see when you are in the neighborhood of Tilburg.

My work is also permanent at my home base in Utrecht, the interior design shop Strand West in Utrecht. A great space with great people and the best attitude when it comes to work/design & enthusiasm. They have the other half of the 2006 collection, the Holy Cow and Farmgirl and a wide variety of other great design products in their store. Needless to say Strand West is worth a visit in Utrecht.

Strand West in Utrecht (NL)

Also you can have a look for the Farmgirls & Holy Cow at museum shop Princessehof in Leeuwarden info@princessehof.nl

For more info please visit www.legiokunst.nl & www.strandwest.nl

new work | Once Upon A Time @ Designersblock

Before you realize things end again and so did the second edition of Designersblock at Frankfurt 2006. Bags and boxes are packed and with a good feeling looking back at 7 intens days of building up the show, meeting new people, connecting with other designers, brainstorm, discuss, laugh and sharing this same huge energy for the work we all do. All differant people but all at Designersblock with the same heart and love for what us connect. A intens week to live the full creativity. I was happy I was part of this second edition Designersblock.

I want to thank all the new people I met there for their enthousiasm, support and new contacts. Also a big thanks to the people I already knew and who made this edition a succes by being there or visiting the show !

Designersblock Frankfurt / 2nd edition

A sneak preview at the great exhibition last week at Designersblock @ Atelier Frankfurt

Publication LE Russia

A suprising package on my doorstep with the magazine LE from Ekaterinburg (RUS) , a nice publication from russia with love. Thanks to editor Maria Sazonova !

Designersblock Atelier Frankfurt

My ceramic collection from China will be exhibited in participation with Designersblock (UK)

at Atelier Frankfurt (GER) 25 - 29 August 2006

More info soon or check www.designersblock.org.uk

Project Love Tokyo Launch

The initiative has started ! Working with Gunter Wehmeyer on a small short project for Tokyo Designweek in begin of November. This in participation with Designersblock (UK).
We launched a blog to communicate about our project and plans.
Share your thoughts and view -> www.projectlovetokyo.blogspot.com

New Urban Reality

The 14th of June was a intens day, a full day trip in Rotterdam to visit the China Contemporary exhibitions, with subjects of architecture, urbanism and visual culture. I ended the evening with a crowded lecture from Rem Koolhaas about the changing China but most of all also by looking at ourselfs. To make the change is to see what’s inside and be aware of our own enviromental history and character, our controlling minds fed by economical, social, consuming, secured lives and de-naturalized suroundings.

If you look at future and create all acces to options, you have to stand still and take time to see were you are situated. This in perception of roots, enviroment , capability and ambitions. What is there to preserve? What matters ? Were do you take a buildozer to make some radical changes. What is life without the excitiment of creativity, you have to feed this engine in you, one fo the reasons to be in Rotterdam this time.

The admoshere struck me at these exhibitions, partly because they are very honnest to me, looking at them and knowing my steps in China, made me wanna go back instantly. But als looking at my worktrip in China and now being back, it’s good to take a distant step and analyze what I experienced and wanna proceed in future. Seeing the Chinese showing their work made me feel connected with a lot of subjects they thought about and I felt the borders dissapear and just a huge overlap in thougths with these Chinese artists and designers. It is good to see and value all these discussions in your mind but even better is to share them and come up with tastefull, provocative, critical and even better beautifull plans

To share these thougths, I ended this with the crowded lecture from Rem Koolhaas were a lot of things were said, a lot of things I also thought about but now became into a puzzle that made sense. Lectures are good places to test out new ideas and not be to prepared of what will happen. A good space for discussion and a open mind, to walk out with a exploding mind of the creative engine that made extra hours instantly. It was time to leave Rotterdam to over-think al what was seen, said and felt. A GOOD DAY!

http://www.chinacontemporary.nl here is a few of the featured works from ; Liang Yue with Stop Dazing , Jia Haiqing , Ji Ji , Wang Jiangwei and Xiang Liqing with his digital photographs.

Design ist die Botschaft!

New Dutch Design in Berlin !
16th of June is the opening of the exhibition New Dutch Design in Berlin at the Dutch ambase. The work Holy Cow can be viewed at this exhibition. The exhibition is organised by Via Milano a great organisation that collects all Dutch Design together that were once presented at the Milano Design show in Italy. Now Berlin has a piece of the pie with all Ducth Designworks from Holland including my ceramic Holy Cow.

Botschaft die Konigreichs der Niederlande
Klosterstrasse 50 - Berlin
www.via-milano.nl

publication VT-wonen

A publication in the June '06 edition in the Dutch lifestyle magazine VT-wonen with a reference to the exhibition in Tilburg starting at the 9th of June

Tableguest China radio

On Sunday the 4th of June between 20.00 & 21.00 you can tune in to kabel FM 104.6 or ether FM 99.4.

I am a tableguest in this radioprogram to talk about my work , expierinces and Chinese art/design related subjects. It is a Dutch program from www.chineseradio.nl You can tune in on radio or stream on internet.

Exhibition Trots Design

A new exhibition is coming up at the wonderfull galery Legiokunst in Tilburg (NL) . A great selection of work from designers in Arnhem presented under the name of Trots productdesign. The opening is the 9th of June. You can visit this exhibition till 26 August. You can view the Dutch Farmgirls and the Haregirls Me& My.
For more info www.legiokunst.nl

Participation-Lecture DUTCHROOM Creative China

A lecture organised by Mattmo, a cross-media studio from Amsterdam and VIDE will take place 9 June in Den Hague. There will be several speakers like NEXT Architects and also myself. I was asked to present my experience and plans concerning China and Design/Ceramics.

The lecture will be for several designers and creative people from the Netherlands. The plan is to build a bridge between Chinese and Dutch culture by bringing together Chinese and Dutch high level design and creativity. It is the intention to initiate collaboration between contemporary designers of all design disciplines, from architecture, film, fashion and industrial design to ceramics.


More info on http://www.mattmo.nl/ and http://www.viavide.com/

Publications newspaper

After the opening on 7th of May there were 2 publications about the exhibitions work in some local newspapers. A positive piece about the work and it's thought of Panorama Holland. It is in Dutch (sorry)

NEW Work Contains

Here is a view on the new series of work. The new collection is a unique hand made serie from China, build out of dreams into a real tale about my real life.
High res. photo’s and press kit will be available soon.


Hare girls Me & My series of gold figurines

Hare vase Behind the Eye’s series of gold/bisque tears heads

Plate My Parade limited unique pieces with hand drawn tales

Cup My Parade limited unique pieces with hand drawn tales

Vase Heart on the Table series of gold/bisque/transparent glaze vases

Exhibition Panorama Holland in Asperen

Invitation

'I will return to the source of were it all started. My base became a essential track in my life. After months in China I set my journey home with uncontrolled energy. To exhibit my new collection where my journey originially begun in the village Asperen (NL). A journey in a surreal world full of facades and parades reveal a real side in my present life. My Real Once Upon A Time."

No ment to be fairytales but truth by viewing life from a unexpected point of view!

This is my Real Once Upon A Time! '

You are sincerely invited for the special exhibition Panorama Holland, from 7 May till 31 Juli 2006 at RAM Galery in Asperen (NL). The new collection is made in China and will be exhibited in Asperen for first time. The collection Dutch Disturbance is also available. Beside my collection there is also work from photographer Rogier Fokke with a special black&white large size panoramaphoto's and a choice from the collection Hollandse Waaren from Anne-Marie Jetten. The opening will take place on sunday 7 May at 13.00 at RAM Galery with a small introduction by writer and curator Piet Augustijn.You are more then welcome!

If unfortunatly you are not able to be at the opening at 7 May, you can make a personal appointment with me to view the work ( info@judithvandenboom.nl")

After the exhibition in Asperen the work will also be shown at other venues ( Frankfurt Messe 24-8 and Londen Design week 27-9) more info shortly! You can also view the collection online shortly after the opening on my website www.judithvandenboom.nl or see my personal view on my works on www.judithvandenboom.blogspot.com

Hope to meet you soon again at 7 May !

Friendly regards, Judith van den Boom

RAM Galerie / Voorstraat 8 / Asperen ( near Leerdam) / www.ramvormgeving.nl

more info ( dutch) http://www.ramvormgeving.nl/panoramaholland_02.html

Gele Draak colums / anouncement ( dutch)

On the website geledraak. nl were I wrote my colums about my work in Jingdezhen and Shanghai is the anouncement for the exhibition with China work on site !

There is also the chance to read the colums again ( in dutch)

http://geledraak.nl/html/showarticle.asp?id=780

http://www.geledraak.nl/html/page598.asp

Sneak Preview

The countdown has started, 7 more days to the start of the exhibition which will feature my new work from China ! The days of 24 hours working and making the new work will be over and the ultimate kick will arrive when all is standing in place! The start off will be in Asperen (NL) were my roots started and then travel to other venues (more info on this later)

The new works will contain huge vazes, plates and cups all in a way you didnt expected !

Here is a sneak preview , a detail of the new collection.

DAMn features Dutch Farmgirls

A great Belgium magazine ! DAMn, they do what they have to do and do it right !

www.damnmagazine.be

www.designspotter.com

More spots to have a look at my work...... designspotter a great site for the latest updates !

www.designspotter.com

www.notcot.com

check out...

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2006/04/ducth_disturban.html#more
for a view on Dutch Disturbance !

Thanks to notcot.com

Fresh trouble in the city

...is it that freshness is expected?
...or is the trouble that there is nothing fresh?
...does trouble guarantee freshness?
...when anything is permissible what remains troubling?
...how do trouble and or freshness resulting from artist activities effect the cities they call home?

photo's artist Cao Fei, China

Doing Design....Playtime!!

Design is a word with many perspectives, something people use often in life, for better or worse. Well, in the world I work it’s common language. In the development of a new product starts a whole senario. It starts with a thought but then there is the action. There are a lot of different aproaches on making the design. From handdrawn to high technology computers models, to assignments in factories, but as I like to stay close on the material, I am in the factory processing the home-made delivery.

I value high the ‘signature’ of the maker in it’s work and is one of the choices for keeping close to the production of my work and collections, but there is more what keeps me working till deep at night.

Being on top of the process gives a wide range in oppertunities and choices, so many more experiments come up. While working weeks fulltime on a production, I schedule myself some playtime to refresh my mind and explore the ‘attics’ of the factory and keep in touch with ideas outside the production. Playtime is a interresting part in work, it gives a fresh focus and ideas to come up with new shapes and tests. Working with ceramics gives a wide range of possibilities from material, shape, glazes and how to fire, every part in the process has a big influence and keeps me dedicaded in every part of the process.

Working with the material itself gives a whole new feeling to the design on the paper.Working with actual sizes, demo’s and solving technical problems makes you aware of possibilities you never thought of before….PLAYTIME !

It’s a definate need in my process to keep the vitamins in. The fasination and ‘what if’ question in my field of work keeps me up till late and being able to explore this right away is true playtime for me. For instance working in China gave me so much positive bagage in plans, demo’s and ideas, I could never cover that in the 3 months. Now being back in Holland time and chances are here to create playtime related to all China works I made in Jingdezhen and Shanghai.Thanks to the Royal Delft Blue factory I can practice my plans and ideas to create playtime.

From October on I will relocate to the RCA in London to have some serious playtime.
A nessecary moment every designer should have!

China comes to Delft

A day well spend! Caroline Cheng and Benben from the ceramicstudio in Shanghai came over to Delft to visit the Royal Delft blue factory and to see my work. A great afternoon where the ofcourse Blue ceramics was discussed versus Jingdezhen. A great expierince to have them here for a short while and have the culturshock on their side instead of me being in Shanghai. A afternoon with a lot of reasons to start more collaborations with China. Hope the future brings more perspective then only blue!

South Africa publication

publication March / Capetown / House and Leisure

Coming SOON - exhibition china

a REAL once upon a time

new work by Judith made during workperiod in China
first exhibition soon , more details soon !!!

Mind is a picture

I draw lines , simple but effictive, they represent this picture in my mind
They should transfer this image. Looking at them. they represent the roots and ideas where they came from, there is a story atached. At the moment I give this picture to someone else, I communicate only a few procent in the lines I shared.
It’s a fasinating process to watch a person who is shaping the picture in my mind.
A communication were you transfer simple lines and putting into reality by this other person in shape. A process I expierinced in the factories in Jingdezhen but till this day facinates me. The moment I let this picture go it’s a carte blanche. The other re-shapes this idea and produces a fasinating visual picture.
My mind and his hands. His mind and my picture a process unexplainable but hightly fasinating, a serie of shapes that continue and transfer in a feeling of being in nomansland. They belong to the proces , they are shared and represent a start of collaboration.

Do London

After weeks in Holland it is time to hit the road again, together with Sharon Geschiere I’ll go to London. To see the different side on life with all this drive-on-left attitude. Being at the RCA for few days and figuring out all for having a great show at Designersblock in Londen this September. Here it starts, a backpack, some ceramics, more plans and to much energy to make this a success !

Jingdezhen expierince

After few weeks in Shanghai I got on a flight to Jindezhen, after all the stories I heard about this ceramic capital I had to go and see for myself. Caroline has her 2nd studio here for recidency artists and I could work there beside work in Shanghai. My first trip to Jingdezhen was so impressive I didn’t want to go back to Shanghai, a expierince of true tuff chinese life working in this city and surviving with ceramics. This city goes way back when it comes to ceramics and all the expertise is still here.There are huge ceramic traditions something you will notice daily working with the local craftsmen. I came back for a second and longer time to work with factories and people and noticed right away I need to come again. So much seen, so much written down, tomuch to take at once.

A great time in the studio with people and a time that made impact on my look on ceramic design. I had a preview of what all would be possible. In the end of the months I shipped back my crate to Holland to finnish things here and plan this year. A good chance China will be in this list again.
Special thanks to all people at studio specially Libby and Jiang Bo for friendship and to help me out!

Shanghai expierince

My trip to Shanghai started 1 november 2005. For the next 3 months I would work on new products and expirements at the studio of Caroline Cheng in Shanghai. My first trip to China was not really a shock but more a new page in my european mind were I saw a differant perspective on how life can develop. Shanghai was a space were I meet a lot of people in art & design , to work with, to share, enjoy, discuss with but most of all reflect all what we saw and did. I would go back if there was a chance, need no minute to think about. There is a network created what hopefully will develop in a great perspective.

The red building is the studio at Taikang Lu, it's located in the French Consession area. other photo's give a impression what happend in the streets around me.

Start of China

To begin my workjourney to China last 2005 I was lucky to have a review in the Dutch newspaper about this trip and my work. Working in China for several months was a incredible expierince. A place I made lot of contacts and learned, discoverd and shared new ways of working. I worked mainly in Shanghai and also few weeks in Jingdezhen. In the end of Januari I returned back to Holland and shipped al made work back home to prepare for new exhibitions.

The start of 2006 began in China and hopefully envolve more outside the Dutch borders.

Publication O'Independente

My first Portugese interview Februari 06 ..

In the AIR

the day has come
to start my personal blog attached to my website.
to hear and see the latest news and plans
to update and find out about all new happenings

the days of the blanc paper are behind us


for contact

www.judithvandenboom.nl
info@judithvandenboom.nl