Have your favorite tool photographed and see it reflected in the artwork Tútsjend Ark (kissing tools) in Drachten at the end of this year. Artist Loes ten Anscher in honor of the 102-year anniversary of the Drachtster Dada movement, creates a work of art that pays tribute to the Drachtster hand tools. Innovatiecluster Drachten provides behind the scenes technical support that brings this artwork to life.
In front of the artwork, Ten Anscher and her team are putting Drachtsters’ favorite hand tools on display on Jan. 26 and 27. This will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Zuiderbuurt 57. Loes will make silhouettes of the photographed tools. ,,These will soon all decorate the luminous ceiling in the Woksteeg,’‘ the artist explains. ,,The ceiling responds via an innovative technique to the ’passers-by’. Who kiss the tools awake, as it were.’'
blushing and kissing
After the photo session, high-tech company employees scan Stork Turbo Blade in Sneek five selected tools. With the help of a special 3D scanner and special software developed by Stork, man-sized models of them will be made to hang in the Kerkstraat. ,,We have now made a 3D model of the first claw hammer. This model has been scaled up from 35 centimeters to a hammer of 2 meters,’’ says Gerrit Mulder, manager engineering & quality control at Stork. According to him, the small scale model was too detailed, after which it was converted to a rough triangular surface model. A specialized company made the first 1-to-1 scale prototype of this model. ’’The idea is that the five tools will become rotating lanterns, which will blushingly kiss each other from time to time.''
Dada and De Stijl
The brothers Thijs and Evert Rinsema, wayward and versatile shoemakers from Drachten, are the inspiration for the works of art to be created. ,,They were pivotal in the Drachten DADA movement about 100 years ago,’’ Ten Anscher explains. ,,In those days people made the most beautiful products using only hand tools. Craft celebrated its heyday.’’ During World War I, the Rinsema brothers had befriended visual artist, poet, painter and architect Theo van Doesburg. He later founded De Stijl and Drachten owes the Papagaaibuurt to him. Doesburg brought Kurt Schwitters to Drachten. He wrote the ‘We w88888888’ poem, but is best known for his collages of found papers. In Drachten, Schwitters, together with shoemaker Thijs Rinsema, made collage boxes that were executed by a Drachten furniture maker. In the works of art to be created by Ten Anscher, the Drachten hand tools will regain that leading role.
The artwork can be seen from the end of 2019 in the Woksteeg and the Kerkstraat in Drachten.