Liesbeth Jimmink's art reflects her inquisitive mind and evidences a sense of humour and an eye for colour. In her 3D work she uses various materials such as fabric, wood, metal, paper, tree branches, styrofoam and netting. These objects are arresting, often funny and reminiscent of theatrical props that have walked off the stage. This comes as no surprise: after graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie for Fine Arts and Design in Amsterdam as a stage and costume designer, Liesbeth worked for TV and cinema for many years. All of this is reflected in her work as an artist.

"My bronze tables seem to come out of nowhere, but I have had a long-standing fashination with tree branches in countless ways in paper objects, as moulds, or as part of an 3D-image. Around 2014, I progressed to using the more sustainable material of bronze, also applying Mig/Mag welding This is how the bronze 'Takkentafeltjes' were created."

The process of making bronze coatings is very time consuming. Creating the design, preparing for bronze casting, moulding, then assmbling, finishing and possibibly patinating moulding, then assembling, finishing and possibly patinating.

The papier-mâché objects are for sale, as well as the objects of bronze.
Prices for the bronze objects vary between €750 for the candlesticks and €4,000 for the bronze tables. This is due to the cost of bronze casting and patination and the size of the object. They are all unique pieces. Depending on your wishes, the time between order and delivery may vary considerably. Please feel free to contact me for more information.

For her 2D work, paper collages and paintings, Liesbeth collects pictures and photographs; with these elements she creates a new world. Although this world is based on the real world we see around us, it has a life of its own. People appear to be performing a play in a space resembling a stage. Different images blend into an intriguing new entity. In her paintings light and colours appear just that bit more exuberant than they do in real life. This changes our view of reality and makes us curious: you feel there is a story, but we are not quite sure where it will lead us. Jimmink works independent as well as commissioned.

Liesbeth has begun to make more and more use of her iPhone camera in recent years. This is how the jumbled-up pictures of her home came into being, from which odd spatial paintings emerged. Her current focus theme is ‘the Stage’. She gives her own take on the world of music and theatre, which she bends to her own will with a great sense of colour and humour. Alienation, jumbling up, crazy stories: anything can happen as the boundaries between fantasy, reality and ‘theatrical reality’ become blurred beyond recognition.

Liesbeth says: 'I try to amaze people by giving my own twist to reality. I would like to make them look below the surface and discover the unexpected. In return, it's surprising and inspiring to learn how the viewer sees my work, so it works both ways.'