by Kuki+Ko | Feb 11, 2023 | stories
story Tea set ‘Golden touch’ In 2008 Curaçao got a new, classy tearoom and champagne bar. The owner asked me to design the cups and saucers, teapots and sugar bowls. It had to be local, with recognizable aspects from the island. And she wanted it ‘chique’ and a bit...
by Kuki+Ko | Feb 11, 2023 | stories
story Live to be born In run-up to the elections of 2010, some of the political parties focused on the differences instead of similarities between (groups of) people who live in Curacao. Specially the skin color and where someone was born were used as criteria to mark...
by Kuki+Ko | Jun 21, 2022 | stories
story Miraculous Structures in Nature The fragile marrow in the bone. The structure and the colors. Fascinating. Spirals of life necklace, objectbones, linenh 48 x b 34 cm2015 I find these bones on the beaches, thrown in the sand after bbq’s, cleaned by the salty...
by Kuki+Ko | Jun 21, 2022 | stories
story Breast cancer One of the legends from the Greek mythology about the Amazones tells us the story about these combative brave women, who got their name from the Greek word ‘a-mazos’, which means ‘without breast’. They were excellent horse riders and archers and to...
by Kuki+Ko | May 4, 2022 | stories
story Don’t misuse nature We take nature for granted. In this series you can borrow the necklace from nature, and put it back on the display after wearing. Just use nature… don’t misuse her. Moon coral, Sun coral and Star coral Mooncoral coral sculpture with...
by Kuki+Ko | Feb 7, 2023 | stories
story Mezuzah’s In 2007 the synagogue Mikve Israel Emanuel in Curacao celebrated its 275th anniversary. I was one of the artists that was invited to contribute to the exhibition that was organized. I took some time to study on what I would do and decided to...
