Illusions

My sample

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible. (Jean Boudrillard) 

- Let's think about this for a minute.

Okay then. 

Mona's, inspired by her pet pleco

The summer was long and short at the same time. We started out with severe actions of home improvement because we were expecting company from Germany for a stay of three weeks - my mother-in-law and one of our nephews. 

The initial idea was to move a few pieces of furniture from one room to another, just to make our house more presentable and more practical. But then this harmless little idea turned loose and all of a sudden we found ourselves going through every closet and every drawer, throwing out things with no mercy. The daily harvest was quite impressive.

Jacob's piece

All this house business took away so much time which I would have liked to have used for teaching summer art camps to make some income. But, oh well, when our company finally arrived everything looked splendid and new and spacious. So it was worth it. 

We had a beautiful visit. My husband was able to spend a lot of time with his mother, and our kids were happy to have their cousin around. We did plenty of sightseeing, dived into anything that this little town and the region have to offer.


To my delight I was able to schedule at least one art camp after all, and it even filled up immediately. Twelve students between 8 and 14 in my cosy little studio. It took place at the end of the summer break when my nephew was still here to join in the fun. 

The theme was "Illusions." It was dealing with various aspects of what "illusions" can be. The first projects focused on perspective, on ways of how to make objects look 3-dimensional, and how to create the illusion of movement. 

The last project was less about technique but more about imagination: I asked the campers to create a human face that is composed of both positive and negative spaces. They came up with some fabulous illusions, for real. Just showing a few of them.