Face à main met montuur van verguld koper met wit en donkerblauw email c. 1920

This sketch is for a ‘Face à main met montuur van verguld koper met wit en donkerblauw email’ by Fa. J.H. Groenink. It's all laid out in pencil, kinda faint and delicate. I imagine Groenink hunched over a table, sketching out these floral patterns, rubbing out lines, starting again, building up the image bit by bit. There's something really intimate about seeing this process laid bare. You get a glimpse into the artist's mind, the way they are thinking through the design, problem-solving as they go. I wonder, did they labor over every detail, or did the images just flow out naturally? I love that you can see all the different elements of the design, broken down into their component parts, like a visual deconstruction. It reminds me that art is not just about the final product, but about the journey, the experimentation, and the conversation that happens between the artist and the work itself. That’s what connects us all!