This summer we did our first work and travel project to Romania.Together with my colleague musician Jaap Mulder and his wife we crowd funded successfully
with the https://www.onepercentclub.com/en/
Friends who own a campsite in Romania and also worked for the Red Cross had some contacts for us.The list of participants for our art concerts on tour project was growing really fast. And before we knew it it was booked. But to be honest this looks like a magic trick but it took us a year to organise the trip, to crowd fund, to buy all the materials and drive up to Romania. Cause we still have our jobs here in the Netherlands.
The whole workshop tour was an amazing experience.https://vimeo.com/135887246
The way you are visiting the country is so different cause you cocreate
with the people from the country. You see so much more personal things from the inhabitants and the way they live.
This tasted like more and that is why beside the fact that we also work on different sides in the Netherlands and a van provides us with a driving home and office.
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The van helps us to work slower and not rush from one place to the other.
But if it is possible take the opportunity to look around in the area were we work. Even if it is close by.
How adventures can a small country like the Netherlands be with all those camper rules you might think. Enough I can tell you.
I was even surprised 4 weeks ago that we totally lost the way in an area were we don’t have streetlights.
And yesterday we needed help cause we were stuck in the mud. Remember The Netherlands, polders, water, autumn rains and other fun.
In it's own very sweet ways it has hidden gems and small adventures. Enough to explore and experience.
We were driving when my husband spotted the sign of our National glass museum. So we turned around to visit the museum.
It feels comfortable to have our own driving home with you. And the feeling of freedom that goes with it is part of van fun.
When we arrived at the parking place we saw that the museum parking has 2 places for vans to stay the night. What a nice idea.
(works I photographed in the museum from Aida Bakhtiari De jacht and Jens Pfeifer Golden cut the drop is from an installation in the garden) . As you can see I made photo's of details in a way I liked the works best.
In Leerdam you can find the National glass museum and visit the glass studio. (Notice studio and museum are not on the same spot)
http://www.nationaalglasmuseum.nl/english/address-a-getting-here
For me as an artist who loves glass I noticed that working with this material is very hard for me. My first impulse is creating with my hands.And hot glass is not something very touchable. But I enjoyed the experience very much.
But be aware that if you want to join a workshop in the glass studio you have to make reservations in advance.
