Fork urines

The primary school I went to taught by means of the so-called antroposofische leermethode, prioritizing learning through experience and crafts. As a result, I learned to make things and develop my creativity. At the same time, I wasn’t taught most of the subjects normally taught in school until I was at secondary school. I still can’t do math even if my life depends on it.

I find that creativity, i.e., creating something out of nothing or making something new out of an existing thing or concept, is a valuable trait. However, creativity is more than giving a thing a different meaning by changing its appearance. These ‘fork-urines’ are an example of how I, as a primary school student, transformed an everyday object into something unique. One can interpret the result in many ways, but I thought they were fun to make.

These ‘fork-urines’ are objects without an obvious use that I still find interesting to look at after twenty-odd years. At home, they are on show in a display case together with some trinkets and memorabilia. I came across the stone used to display the ‘fork-urines’ while on holiday in Ibiza. Most people go there to party; I, on the other hand, spent my time there in good company, in and around the pool, and exploring the area looking for pebbles.

You could say that both the ‘fork-urines’ themselves and the means of displaying them are coincidental. If you are interested in looking at, or making some (elaborate) utensil art, or bestekkunst in Dutch, just do a Google search and something interesting is bound to pop up.