Buba

While I am already back home, my doll who is now became part of my art work -"Buba", is yet in Belgium.

She is sitting there, covered by blanket, on a shelf of a dressing room, in front of her at the other side of the cell there is a photo portrait of her, and some of her garments hanged on the hooks.

The word "Buba" mean - a doll and a puppet in Hebrew, there is only one word to describe both of them.

This word is also being used for describing something small and cute, human or objects. Well behavior, well functioning, disciplined and good looking are some of it's associations too.

It is a common nickname for little girls, but with the same meaning it is also a nickname for grown up women as compliment or teasing.

"Buba" was part of a group exhibition-"Suddenly Last Summer" taking place in an old children medical center which is going to be demolished at the end of this summer, it was organised by the Belgian art organisation-"art 27".

Back from Maasthricht or more about my exhibition

Photos by Johannes Timmermans

Well I am back home, after three fascinating weeks at Maastricht, it was wonderful experience. The time of my staying there passed so fast, and suddenly I noticed that I hardly told you something about it, and there is so much to tell and show, about my exhibition, about the house were I was staying and exhibiting, and about my new and dearest new friends Paul and Gonnie, whom without their invitation nothing would happened. I will try to tell more at the following few days.
First I want to show you much better photos then the few you already saw two weeks ago. The photos at this post were taken By the Dutch photographer Johannes Timmermans, I am glad to share them not only for their high quality and originality but also for the fact they have other point of view then mine.

You can see here general look of installation at the attic.

This room was renovation at 2002, before it was ordinary attic with low space, at the renovations the two slopes of the roof were combined into one high slope, which creates the unique space of the new room. what I like most about this space is the traces of the old roof like the old bricks of the wall, and some old beams and tiles which were left in order to tell something about the history of this room.

I tried to use this traces as part of my exhibition, many of the visitors were surprised that the exhibition look as part of the room, and I was really glad with that reaction cause I did my best to create this feeling and plan the objects specially for the space, watching photos and architectural plans I got in advanced.

self (The HuismethetHandje) have a lot of interesting stories, I will try to tell more about at the next posts.

This is my Geranium, which I shared the process of making it here, not long ago. It was really exciting to hang it on this window which it was designed for.

I installed the socks room, in one of the 40 storage cells built beneath the wood floor. When they are not occupied by some installations this cells are using for storing the enamours music collection of Gonnie and Paul.

This is my socks camera, with two of my socks portraits.

This is a tiny camera, a- study for socks camera.

I name this quilt work as "Childhood Memory", you can see more about it here. I placed it on old tiles from the old roof.

Here you can see the lower part of the old roof traces with my socks plant.

I took out this tiny cup and book from the socks room and placed them on the old bricks, the drawer at the background made by Paul, it is part of the room and contains all the old nails were used for the old roof.

This doll was welcoming the visitors, at the top of the staircase leading to the attic,

and the dog was laying on his back, wondering what it is all about.

Blossom

Remember my geranium, the one with the wilted flowers, and the new buds, it is now flowering ,
growing new leaves

and sending out new roots every day.

It is amazing for Geranium to grow up like that in a vase inside the house, without getting much daylight.

It is so beautiful, sometimes I feel as if it is trying to compete my cloth one, and laughing about my efforts of sculpturing its shape LOL.

In the other hand maybe it is just signing me new paths and directions that I should follow, in order to flower by myself and not getting wilted.
I hope so, as the date of my Maastricht exhibition getting closer I am becoming more and more excited, nervous and full of fears. I would better follow the flowering signs, and go back stitching.
This is the beginning of the new textile object I am stitching at the moment.
Any guess what it is going to be? I will let you know in a few days, promise!