
Stone Collection
Client
Sjang Niederwieser
Year
2023
Location
Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Field
Art
Material
Onyx (SH-F01)
Size
25 x 24 x 19 cm (largest object)
Color coating
No
An unique collection inspired by nature.
As kids, Sjang and his brother always collected stones when hiking in the mountains in their grandparent’s hometown in Austria. It was always a competition who could find the biggest and coolest looking ones and take them home as a memory.
Nowadays, he questions whether it is okay to take these stones from nature. Because for him, it doesn't feel right. Therefore he decided to use modern techniques to recreate the stones, instead of taking them from nature.
The stones are 3D-scanned and sculpted into functional pieces of art. By giving them a function, they obtain a tangible value instead of only the memory of that place and time, which has merely value to him.
The stones are 3D-printed from sand. Sjang sees sand as the offcut from nature’s sculpting and he brings it back into a shape where it could come from. The stones are preserved in a digital database and 3D-printed in a limited edition collection.
~The objects almost feel otherworldly. It is a memory from another place and time.~

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