In the garden

In early spring, students at De Catamaran elementary school wrote and drew about the plants and flowers in their school work garden.

Commissioned by the Staatsliedenbuurt Library, I incorporated the drawings into silk-screened cushions for the lay corner in the youth section: The Flower Meadow. Dominique Panhuysen mounted the texts in the monumental glass partition: The Word Garden.

BOOK IN THE GARDEN
Dominique Panhuysen photographed the work process in which I worked with the children. She shaped these photos, together with the texts and drawings, into this book.
In collaboration with: Dominique Panhuysen

DATA
Location: Staatsliedenbuurt Library, Van Hallstraat 615, Amsterdam
Elspeth Pikaar: Flower meadow Cushion carpet for the youth department Screenprint on cotton/ 50 x 50 cm, 65 x 65 cm
Dominique Panhuysen: Word Garden Glass partition Text foil on glass/ 2236 x 300 cm
Book: In the garden Bound, 120 pages, 20 x 25 cm
Client: Library Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam
Completion: 2008

Made possible by financial contributions from the AFK, Stichting Kunsttraject

Photos: Dominique Panhuysen