Diederik Storms- Making the invisible visible

Nature, more than anything else, confronts me with the question of what is invisibly present behind all that is alive. For that reason my sculptures often contain parts of old natural forms, such as tree trunks, petrified wood and old windswept trees. The hard materials, the cold steel and weather-beaten wood, oppose the light, clear plexiglass. The transparancy of this material offers a literal spyhole on that which also could be, a suggestion of another hushed reality. In this, light plays an important role. The different shades of light intensity of the plexiglass give a continuously changing view of the visible image. In a way they expose something of the essence behind it.

My workplace is in the small village of Noordwolde, very close to the city of Groningen. My work is regularly shown in national and international exhibitions and galleries. But you are also welcome to get a peek in my workplace.