Mieke Teirlinck (Bruges, 1959) is an exceptionally driven and skilled artist. With her very own brushstroke, Mieke Teirlinck has, in 15 years’ time, built up an increasingly impressive figurative oeuvre that mainly gives shape to fragility and defencelessness.
The Limburg jewellery designer Iris Mondelaers (1973) skilfully explores the boundaries of the art of precious metalwork. Particularly known for her floral works, Mondelaers experiments with materials such as gold and silver, often in combination with semi-precious stones, diamonds and pearls. Her jewels are versatile, sometimes playful, sometimes tauter, but always undeniably feminine.
Forty years in the art world and more than fifty works in public spaces. Sculptor Luk Van Soom needs no introduction in Belgium and the Netherlands. This self-willed monograph full of photos, sources of inspiration, texts and memories highlights his life as an artist and maps out his artistic career.
Bruges, a city with a fascinating history. Bruges, a city of people and stories.
The Japanese artist Hiroshi Harada left his homeland for Paris more than forty years ago in search of a new artistic language and structure as a painter.
In deze unieke uitgave vertelt Akira Oshima het verhaal van de enige echte Japanse kaiseki-keuken, rijkelijk geïllustreerd en uiteraard met tientallen heerlijke gerechten. Kaiseki, de authentieke Japanse keuken is dankzij de schitterende bijdragen van specialisten Patrick Faas en Katarzyna Cwiertka uitgegroeid tot een werkelijk uniek referentiewerk voor allen die de ziel en de kunst van de Japanse keuken willen ontdekken.
Once upon a time… A castle. That’s about how the intriguing fairy tale created by British theatre company and artists’ collective WildWorks around Gaasbeek Castle and its most imaginative inhabitants begins. But is it really a fairy tale?
Twenty-two delicious dishes from the book “Kaiseki Recipes” (or Japanese haute cuisine) are photographed step by step and clearly described. Both the beginner and the seasoned cook will find something to their liking in these gems of Japanese cooking.
In this unique edition, Akira Oshima tells the story of the one and only Japanese kaiseki kitchen, richly illustrated and of course with dozens of delicious dishes. Kaiseki, authentic Japanese cuisine has become, thanks to the magnificent contributions of specialists Patrick Faas and Katarzyna Cwiertka, a truly unique reference work for all those who wish to discover the soul and art of Japanese cuisine.
Flower art in a new dimension. Rob Plattel is a freelance arranger and is in demand worldwide for demonstrations, workshops, master classes, assessment of master classes in floral design …
Contemporary Ikebana shows us a state of the art of contemporary, creative Ikebana and is at the same time a deepening of the first successful book Ikebana Today. The emphasis is particularly on contemporary and innovative group work.
After Bouquets and Interior, Per, Tomas and Max now share their creative secrets around Christmas decoration.
Making every day’s life extraordinary’ is not just the slogan of the Dutch designer and floral artist Pim van den Akker. His floral creations bridge the worlds of design and floral art and prove how natural forms, structures and colours can also determine the look and atmosphere of a room. In his informal designs, flowers and plants are always shown off in a surprisingly playful and movingly honest way. With the keywords beauty, naturalness, structure and individuality, Pim not only demonstrates his virtuoso craftsmanship in this monograph, but the book is also a fantastic testimony to the philosophy of this exceptional designer with green fingers.
Heeft u ook vaak de prachtige florale werken van de wereldbekende designers van Life3 – Per Benjamin, Tomas De Bruyne en Max van de Sluis – bewonderd? En heeft u zich ook al afgevraagd hoe ze het toch telkens voor elkaar krijgen?
Aan de hand van een inleidende tekst over leven en werk van de kunstenaar en een selectie van 50 representatieve werken, alle op groot formaat en in kleur gereproduceerd en van een kunsthistorische commentaar voorzien, schetst conservator Norbert Hostyn (MSK Oostende) een boeiend en volledig beeld van de denk- en leefwereld van de nu eens bejubelde, dan weer verguisde James Ensor (1860-1949). Het verhaal van een ophefmakende, controversiële artiest die aanvankelijk school maakt, maar later uitgroeit tot een excentriekeling met vooral veel zin voor pose en ‘commerce’.
