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herbarium waddensea, large

“We are often inspired by plants and used them as natural material in previous works. This time we were intrigued by seaweeds that we found in the Wadden Sea. They are beautiful drifting and flowing through the water. In a way we wanted to catch this moment and bring it home with us, which of course is impossible. By using polyester and special pigments we tried to capture the beauty of the weeds floating in the sea in an object.”

62 x 93 x 3 cm

polyester, seaweed

unique pieces

designer.studio maarten kolk & guus kusters
material.flora
categories.arts aplliques

delivery time: 6 weeks
€ 2,790.00amount

€ 2,305.79 for customers outside the EU during checkout

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