Ontwerp voor een doopbeker 1874 - 1932

This is Mathieu Lauweriks' 'Design for a baptismal font', made with pencil on paper. I'm trying to imagine what Lauweriks was thinking, setting out those careful lines on the graph paper. You can almost see him there at his desk, maybe mumbling to himself as he perfects the symmetry. It's a quiet sort of drawing, methodical. Look how the cup almost floats within the grid! The lines he's made aren't only about the object, but they're also about space, like a dance between what's there and what isn't. This piece feels like a cousin to some of the architectural drawings I've seen – a meeting place where art and design start flirting. These designs remind me of how artists and architects are always borrowing and riffing off each other, and how one person's idea can spark a whole new direction for someone else.