SULTRY MERMAID

MATERIAL: Sultry mermaid is made from wood shapes found in nature, processed and painted. 

YEAR: SULTRY MERMAID THREATED BY A GREEN SNAKE IS ALMOST RESCUED. 2018

IMPLEMENTATION: Sultry mermaid and second statue on a wide wooden base. Base approx 28x17 cm. Total height approx. 23 cm. and width approx. 28 cm.  The sculpture is signed with a character mark and year. 

BIOGRAPHY: 

Klaas Ferwerda Tilburg.

Born: 1937 Leeuwarden.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aScAcn8t-eM

Educations 

HBS-B; HTS Civil engineering; Industrial design academy. degree handdrawing, degree Crafts. 

Work experience:

Philips industrial design; Janssen en Fritsen Helmond; free Lance Designer; teacher Design Academy;

From 1997 Klaas started working as a free visual artist, on paintings, a kind of collages in which damaged copper foil was incorporated. He also made many wood sculptures from wood shapes found in nature. Often fish, birds or human figures. He had a home in France for 7 years in Beaulieu s. D. where he was able to show his work in a group exhibition for 5 years.

Exhibitions:

At Eindhoven, Waalre, Utrecht, Antwerpen en Beaulieu sur Dordogne