I
like to create things, especially from stone. Stone is a material that
has always fascinated me. What I like most is to work with hammer and
chissel in the old
fashioned way. I make all kind of things, amongst others tombstones,
tables,
sculptures. I consider it as an honor to work with stone, a
material that is up to millions of years old. Creating objects that
will live longer than that I will.When people ask me 'how did you made
that
rose out of stone?', my usual answer is: 'I just take a piece of
stone and basically remove everything that does not look like a rose,
and there you are!' It is a
joke that I like
to make, but, in fact, it is also the truth and the way in which I like
to
work. I don't like to waste too much time at the drawing table. The
thing I want to make is already inside the rock, it is just a matter of
revealing it.
