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WORK:
A typical Mexican folk art is making tree of life candlesticks from clay. I have a soft spot for this naive and colourful style of this art and created my own design.
MATERIALS USED:
Ink, marker, watercolour pencil and coloured pencil
INSPIRATION:
Years ago, I backpacked through Mexico.
Especially in the interior, I was forever captivated by the beautiful and colourful culture of the indigenous peoples living there. I have forever locked these impressions in my mind and heart. Since then, I have created several works focusing on Mexican culture and the indigenous tribes.
Colette van der Wal is a Dutch designer and illustrator with a fashion and advertising background. She has a penchant for working with traditional materials. She likes to photograph a lot and regularly uses the images together with traditionally made work to fuse them into surprising digital work... Read more…