Ontwerp voor een miskelk 1874 - 1932

Here we have Mathieu Lauweriks' design for a chalice, rendered with graphite on paper. You can see the hand of the artist in the sketchiness of the lines. It's all about process, a kind of thinking through drawing. I love the way Lauweriks used graphite to give the chalice volume. The vertical lines at the base, drawn quickly and closely, create a sense of weight and grounding. The bowl of the chalice is a more complex form, a swirl of lines mapping out its curves, with each mark contributing to its overall shape. It's interesting how a sketch like this reveals the artist’s thought process. This piece resonates with the work of other architects and designers, like the Bauhaus artists, who explored the relationship between form and function, but it also brings to mind the raw energy of someone like Cy Twombly. Art is all about this ongoing dialogue, with each artist riffing on what came before, and Lauweriks' sketch is no exception.