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Blanca van Haaren

Blanca began working with metal during her studies in product design, where the material was mainly used as a structural element: strong, functional, and often hidden beneath a finishing layer. In her autonomous work, she removes metal from this supporting role and places it at the centre. Transforming its hard, industrial strength into an unexpectedly soft and dynamic image. Because she cannot work with layers on top of each other – as with paint, she searches for rhythm and repetition to create depth and movement. The image emerges from grinding marks, sometimes minimal and quiet, sometimes intense and layered. Her process constantly moves between control and letting go. Within that tension, she finds her visual language, reflecting everyday life where both forces must continually be balanced.

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Her work explores the softer side of metal, by creating movement and softness by grinder-drawn or welded lines.

available work in Bathmen

More AVAILABLE WORK

Flamenco

H 60 x W 50 x D 2,2 cm 
Metal Art
This artwork showcases flowing steel forms that evoke the movement of a flamenco dancing figure. The textured surface creates a sense of rhythm and expansion against the dark, black background. It was inspired by the expressive motion and, at the same time, the elegance of flamenco, capturing a moment of strength and fluidity in metal, just as the material itself can also take on a form of elegance and softness.
€ 1.000,-

Desire

H 21 x W 31 x D 2,5 cm 
Metal Art
This artwork presents two figures moving toward one another, yet just missing each other. Their near connection reflects the feeling of desire: longing for something that seems within reach, but at the same time remains out of reach. Desire exists in that brief moment of longing, because once what is desired is attained, the feeling itself disappears. This subtle emotion, so difficult to describe in words, is translated into a visual form through this artwork. The work captures the tension between reaching, longing, and missing.
€ 500,-