ciels
It began intuitively, by collecting feathers from pavements, along the water’s edge, near a supermarket, in a park or a cemetery… The Ciels series allows me to explore the connections between humans and birds within a given territory, and to weave relationships between these two species.
Ciel de Bruxelles
103 x 26 cm2
2022
Calico, non-woven interfacing, and feathers. Feathers from the Roman pigeon, wood pigeon, Bizet pigeon, common crow, magpie, Egyptian goose, greylag goose, mallard, black-capped conures, ring-necked parakeet, Eurasian jay, and great spotted woodpecker. All feathers were collected in Brussels.
Over the past few years, my obsession with feathers has led me to collect them along my daily journeys, walks and travels, mainly in the streets and parks of my neighbourhood in Brussels, but also along the Belgian coast, where I have spent time on several occasions. Over time, I have collected a considerable number of feathers from birds that fly over, visit or inhabit these territories.
Each Ciel weaves a dialogue with the specific character of a place, bearing witness to the presence of different birds within that territory.
Ciel du Nord
84 x 53 cm
2023
Calico and non-woven interlining, and feathers from gulls, Arctic terns, oystercatchers, curlews, greylag geese and other birds that spend the summer on the Belgian coast.
