Ontwerp voor een halsketting c. 1874 - 1932

This is Mathieu Lauweriks’ “Design for a necklace,” made with pencil on graph paper. It's like seeing the artist think! I love that the graph paper is visible; it gives the sketch a sense of structure and order, but the looseness of the pencil lines keeps it open and playful. Look at the way the shapes are built up with repetitive lines, almost like a kind of shading or hatching. It’s not about perfectly rendering the object, but more about exploring the form, finding the right balance. The necklace is presented from different angles, playing with perception. The lines feel tentative, searching, as if Lauweriks is working through ideas, inviting us to participate in the creative act. There’s a simplicity here that's really appealing, almost like a folk art sensibility, reminding me of the early work of Paul Klee. Both artists embrace a kind of childlike wonder, finding beauty in the everyday and the imperfect. It is a reminder that art is a process, not just a product.