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Medical heirlooms by Tamsin van Essen at galerie Sofie Lachaert (Tielrode, Belgium).

British designer Tamsin van Essen is currently displaying a series of ceramic work at the galerie Sofie Lachaert. Inspired by society’s obsession with perfection and beauty, and the fear of perceived abnormalities, van Essen’s ‘medical heirlooms’ series explores diseases and medical conditions through the manipulation of ceramic objects. Based on 17th-18th century apothecary jars, the forms have strong historical

and medical links, as well as providing the metaphor of vessel as body (syphilis / psorisasis / cancer / scars / …)

Escama Studio is a San Francisco based company that has been working together with Brazilian crafts co-operatives since 2004 to create fashion accessories made from recycled aluminum pull-tabs.

www.escemastudio.com

Heidi lives and works in Brussels and Shangai : ‘… 15 tons of pink pebbles cover the 100 meter long path to a historical castle. Our relation to history is questioned…‘

www.heidivoet.net