White marble is like satin wound into a rectangular window. The endless loops of the soft lines and surfaces across the stone’s hardness are like the natural cycle of life and death. Moving along the line of sight, the rectangle becomes a triangle, disappearing and reappearing until the sculpture space forms a window to a view. Through this window, the view behind the sculpture along with the inherent connotations of the work become as one, and into a chain of unlimited scenery!ArtistKarin Van Ommeren (Netherlands / Female)CV2011 Sculptur 11 Os: Oslo Sculpture Park (Norway)2011 10 Jahre Bildhauer Symposium ( Kunstbewegt, Germany)2011 Benq International Sculpture workshopIntroductionHands always have to touch the stone. Its color and crystals contain a mystery and harmony I try to hold on to. The memory of an image materializes itself. Everything I knew has flown away; all but this image that looms up as a diaphanous truth. Hands touch the stone to see and like a piano tuner tunes its chords the stone resounds the form.Pietrasanta is a town on the coast of Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Lucca. It is situated in the foothills of the Apuan Alps, some kilometers from Carrara. The town has been called Italy’s “Little Athens” because, for centuries, artists from all over the world have come here to make their sculptures in stone or bronze. Since the 15th century Pietrasanta is famous for its connection with marble and it has a long tradition of excellent “artigiani” (craftsmen) for stone. It is also the home for a large number of high quality bronze founderies for art.Today sculptors still come to Pietrasanta and rent a place in one of the studios for a long or short period of time. Here the old tradition of stone sculpture by hammer and chisel can be found next to computer sent machinery that cuts the stone with high precision.For me this town always has been very important for my w...