After years of experimenting with all kinds of different materials and techniques Couzijn van Leeuwen finally chose cardboard to make large autonomous statues. He gave his sculptures shape by stapling small strips of cardboard together with an ordinary hand stapler. To his surprise these sculptures possessed an enormous strength while being very light.
He finds cardboard along the street or at the supermarket. When he needs large clean plates, he drives to the source, the factory, where enormous batches of rejected cardboard are waiting for him. Cardboard is a material that suits Van Leeuwen wonderfully well because he can give shape to things as quick as lightning.
During the first week of the Paper Biennial (8 June - 15 June) Couzijn van Leeuwen will create an installation while the public look on. He will transform a room in the museum into a cavernous shape at breathtaking spead.
The Cardboard Cabinet (1993), installation in the Zonnenhof (Amersfoort). Materials: white cardboard and staples.
After years of experimenting with all kinds of different materials and techniques Couzijn van Leeuwen finally chose cardboard to make large autonomous statues. He gave his sculptures shape by stapling small strips of cardboard together with an ordinary hand stapler. To his surprise these sculptures possessed an enormous strength while being very light.
He finds cardboard along the street or at the supermarket. When he needs large clean plates, he drives to the source, the factory, where enormous batches of rejected cardboard are waiting for him. Cardboard is a material that suits Van Leeuwen wonderfully well because he can give shape to things as quick as lightning.
During the first week of the Paper Biennial (8 June - 15 June) Couzijn van Leeuwen will create an installation while the public look on. He will transform a room in the museum into a cavernous shape at breathtaking spead.