Ontwerpen voor een sieraad 1874 - 1932

Mathieu Lauweriks made these jewelry designs with pencil on paper at an unknown time. The design process feels very present in this work. You can see him working through different ideas, almost like a dance, where the material and the artist come together. I really get a sense of the artist's hand moving across the page, a bit like when you're sketching ideas in a notebook, trying to figure things out. You can see the texture of the pencil on paper, how the lines vary in darkness and thickness depending on the pressure applied. Look at those spiraling lines in the pendant design. Doesn't it remind you of a seashell? These works feel like little philosophical meditations, thinking through drawing. This piece shows how artists build on each other’s ideas across time, sparking new ways of seeing and creating. This act embraces uncertainty, open to multiple meanings.